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Gisholt Company Picnic

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: War workers, families and friends of Gisholt Machine Company at the company picnic held at the Blooming Grove Firemen's Park on Monona Drive. There is a ca...
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People Leaving State Office Building

Date: 05 10 1945
Description: People leaving the State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street.
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...
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Governor Walter S. Goodland Inauguration

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry, left, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, administering the oath of office to Governor Walter S. Goodland in the Wisconsin ...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Neighbors of the Pomputis family and newspaper reporters wait on a highway near the farm where the confessed murderers were hiding.
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University of Wisconsin-Michigan Football Game

Date: 11 15 1947
Description: Michigan halfback, Gene Derricette, intercepting a pass intended for Wisconsin's Clarence Self, during their football game at Camp Randall Stadium.
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Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: Elevated view of the Freedom Train, on the tracks behind the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. The Freed...
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Six Points for the Badgers

Date: 10 26 1957
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison's Danny Lewis narrowly escapes a tackler to score a touchdown vs. Ohio State in a game at Camp Randall Stadium. A large cro...
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Mailman George A. Perkins

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: Mailman George A. Perkins receiving a purse containing 25 silver dollars from Marshall Browne, publisher of the East Side News, on the 25th anniversary of ...
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Labor Day Parade

Date: 09 05 1949
Description: Elevated view of Madison's Labor Day parade, showing the electrical workers' unit, the largest unit in the parade, and the Brotherhood of Electrical Worker...
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Nehru Visits Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd of people gathered on the University of Wisconsin Union Terrace to listen to a speech by Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Ne...
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Christmas Rush at the Post Office

Date: 12 20 1949
Description: A crowd gathers at the main post office located at 215 Monona Avenue to post their Christmas mail.
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US Internal Revenue Service Tax Office

Date: 03 14 1950
Description: Taxpayers trying to meet the State and Federal March 15, 1950 deadline crowd the United States Internal Revenue Service Tax Office.
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Madison Tax Payers

Date: 01 22 1952
Description: A line of taxpayers queue up to pay their 1951 city taxes at City Hall, 2-4 West Mifflin Street.
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Bob Dick, WIBA Radio Program Director, interviews Harold Hayes, Director of the Vilas Zoo, at the "coming out" party and birthday of Winkie the elephant.
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 28 1952
Description: A zoo keeper is standing beside Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, as she is eating her "birthday cake" to celebrate her birthday and second anniversary at th...
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Labor Day Parade Float

Date: 09 01 1952
Description: Elevated view of the Iron Workers Local 383 float in the Labor Day parade on Capitol Square. It won first place for originality.
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Russ Murder-Suicide

Date: 06 28 1954
Description: James Quinn, witness of the events leading to the murder and suicide of Doris Russ and Guy Russ, talks to either police investigator John Henry or newspape...
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Ben Franklin Store Opens on Monona Drive

Date: 05 21 1959
Description: Robert Retzlaff (left), manager of the newly opened Ben Franklin variety store at 4204 Monona Drive, posing in the foreground on his store's first day of b...

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