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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Mobil Service Station

Date: 06 15 1955
Description: Night view of Robert Blossom's Mobil Gas Station, 3702 East Washington Avenue and Highway 51.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Route of Governor J.D. Doty from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien

Date: 1832
Description: Hand-drawn map in two parts of the route of Governor J.D. Doty. Probably made by Doty in 1832 as a result of his travels with Alexander J. Center.
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Madison's Truax Field

Date: 10 18 1955
Description: A Northwest Airlines DC-4 plane at the Truax terminal. Originally constructed in 1937 with assistance from the WPA, the Madison Municipal Airport was renam...
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Background Drawing for Travel Show Window

Date: 01 26 1950
Description: Manchester's Incorporated, 2-12 West Mifflin Street. View of background crayon drawing of a beach scene, and a female mannequin in travel outfit, with suit...
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Women's Cruise Attire

Date: 12 30 1954
Description: Manchester's, 2 East Mifflin Street, display window "A" featuring women's dresses and shoes, for "cruise attire," on three mannequins.
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Women's Cruise Wear

Date: 12 30 1954
Description: Manchester's, 2 East Mifflin Street, display window "B" featuring women's dresses and shorts, for "cruise attire" with four mannequins.
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Women's Cruise Wear

Date: 12 30 1954
Description: Manchester's, 2 East Mifflin Street, display window "C" featuring women's dresses, shoes and suits "cruise attire" with three mannequins.
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Three Hearing Impaired Children Leave for Camp

Date: 07 30 1955
Description: Three hearing impaired children leaving in a car for "The Retreat," a summer camp near Wautoma, Wisconsin. The trip is sponsored by the Parents Council for...
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Red Cross Blood Bank Donors

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Group of 67 people from Viola, Wisconsin, who came by bus to donate blood to the American Red Cross Blood Bank.
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Red Cross Blood Bank Donors

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Group of 22 people from Wilton, Wisconsin, who came by bus to donate blood to the American Red Cross Blood Bank.
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Dane County Delegation to the Centennial Exposition

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: The delegation of state, county, city, university, and business officials is shown as the caravan is about to leave from the Dane County Courthouse, 207 We...
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Lyle T. Beggs

Date: 08 26 1948
Description: Lyle T. Beggs, standing on the steps of a Milwaukee Road train, as he is about to leave for VFW camp where he is expected to be elected national commander ...
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Marquette School Girl Scouts Ready for Trip to Milwaukee

Date: 04 11 1950
Description: Twenty-one members of the Marquette School Girl Scout troop pose by a bus for a trip to Milwaukee.
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Newsboys Bus Trip

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: 101 Madison Newspapers, Inc. carrier boys from Madison and southwestern Wisconsin stand by three charter buses before the start of their trip to the Memori...
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Newspaper Carriers Trip to Indianapolis Race

Date: 05 29 1952
Description: One hundred eighteen newspaper carrier boys ready to board four buses in front of the Madison Newspaper building on Carroll Street for a trip to Indianapol...
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Motocycle Trip to Alaska

Date: 09 11 1952
Description: Bill Mickle, left, and Edwin Smythe posing with the motorcycle on which they traveled to Fairbanks, Alaska on a recently completed 12,000 mile summer vacat...
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Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1954
Description: Portrait of the eleven Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers who won three-day trips to Chicago and Milwaukee in a subscription contest sponsor...
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Bethel Lutheran Youth

Date: 06 18 1955
Description: Elevated view of a group of youth from Bethel Lutheran Church waiting at the train station. Fifty-five youth from Bethel were going to San Francisco to att...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: First Hostel Trip

Date: 06 19 1940
Description: First page of the log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in the Neighborhood House summer program for girls, with images of bicyclists posed b...

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