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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater...
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Mrs. Augusta Giddings

Date: 05 02 1944
Description: Mrs. Augusta Giddings signs documents, with Mayor Halsey Kreage as a witness, selling her property at the eastern end of the 900 block of East Gorham Stree...
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Madison Housing Authority Project

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: This ceremony at Truax Field signaled the start of construction of the 120-unit apartment project for war veterans by the Madison Housing Authority. Henry ...
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Two Mayors after a CIO Rally

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Mayor Vincent Totka of Cudahy and Mayor Charles Plotz of South Milwaukee pose for a photograph after greeting a CIO organized rally in South Milwaukee. A l...
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Campaign at Widmer Cheese

Date: 1972
Description: "As Mayor John Lindsay leaves the bus, he is mobbed by onlookers, and greeted by John Widmer."
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Beautiful Madison, Inc.

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Three members of Beautiful Madison, Inc. give a letter to Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated at desk) requesting a city ordinance against littering in Madison st...
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Arthur J. Altmeyer Awarded an Honorary LL.D Degree

Date: 06 02 1939
Description: Arthur J. Altmeyer was awarded an honorary LL.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Men who received degrees from the University of Wisconsin are, ...

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We Saw You . . . at Spahnferckel

Date: 11 03 1961
Description: Attendees at the Madison Mechanical Contractors Association annual "Spahnferckel" meeting include, left to right: J.R. Clark, president (in tall chef's hat...
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Madison Theatre Guild's Tenth Anniversary

Date: 08 1955
Description: Fern and Charles Thompson, chairmen of the ticket campaign for the Madison Theatre Guild, are presenting the first two season tickets to Mayor George Forst...
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First Customer for Doty St. Parking Ramp

Date: 12 13 1957
Description: Automobile at the entrance of the recently opened Doty Street parking ramp. The driver, David O'Neil, is being ushered into the ramp by Traffic Engineer Jo...
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Fowler McCormick Welcoming Mayor Martin Kennelly to "100 Years in Chicago" Exposition

Date: 1947
Description: Typewritten text with photograph reads: "Fowler McCormick, Chairman of the Board of International Harvester Company, welcomes Mayor Martin Kennelly immedia...
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Sigrid Schultz and Chicago Mayor A.J. Cermak with Group of People

Date: 1932
Description: Group portrait, with Sigrid Schultz on the far left, and of Chicago Mayor A.J. Cermak standing in the center. Typewritten text on back of photograph reads:...
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Sigrid Schultz with Chicago Mayor A.J. Cermak

Date: 08 1932
Description: Outdoor portrait of Sigrid Schultz standing with the Mayor of Chicago, A.J. Cermak, in Berlin, Germany.

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