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| Date: | 05 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Two officials of the Madison General Hospital Association and a workman are pictured with Mayor George Forester, far right, at the cornerstone laying prior... |
| Date: | 09 29 1951 |
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| Description: | Head table at a dinner honoring two retiring city employees, Tim Harrington, City Engineer and Art Lundholm, electrical engineer. Seated, left to right: Ti... |
| Date: | 10 06 1951 |
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| Description: | Mayor George Forster signs a document proclaiming November 11 to November 17 as Optimist Week. Looking on are John Canny, right, Madison Newspaper, Inc. a... |
| Date: | 01 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Margaret Jo Kincaid, Neil Smith, Lois Ann Paulsen, and Rosemary McCafferty watch Mayor George Forester sign the proclamation for Youth Week. |
| Date: | 08 30 1956 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Interior of Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. Librarian Doris Cruger is sitting at the desk inside Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. Standing... |
| Date: | 07 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Mayor Ivan Nestingen; Head Librarian Helen Farr; and Library Board Member A. Kermit Frater stand outside Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. An uniden... |
| Date: | 11 18 1957 |
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| Description: | A welcome proclamation for nearly 400 state members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Jaycettes is prepared in the office of Mayor Ivan Nestingen, ... |
| Date: | 01 13 1958 |
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| Description: | Mayor Ivan A. Nestingen, seated, receives a $325,000 check as payment for the purchase of the city's contagious hospital at 1954 East Washington Avenue by ... |
| Date: | 01 20 1955 |
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| Description: | Annual banquet of the East Side Business Men's Association held at the Loraine Hotel. Shown left to right are: Madison Mayor George Foster; Thomas E. Colem... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison City Council holds its reorganization meeting in the new City-County Building Council Chamber. Shown from left to right are City Clerk A. W. Bareis... |
| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the... |
| Date: | 07 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Four men seated at a table inside a customized Greyhound Scenicruiser bus. They are: Arthur Genet (center right), president of the Grayhound Corporation; M... |
| Date: | 12 13 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 28 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison traffic engineer John H. Bunch, left, displays his check as a merit award for suggesting the installation of an automatic warning for tall trucks a... |
| Date: | 12 19 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison Mayor Ivan Nestingen (R) trys out a pop-gun during his visit to the annual Empty Stocking Club's Christmas toy depot held at the Community Center. ... |
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