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Children and Easter Lily

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Admiring a late blooming Easter lily in their yard are the sons of Duane Braund, 2634 Union Street. One of the boys is holding a pet rabbit..
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La Follette Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1906
Description: Philp La Follette, Mary La Follette, and Robert La Follette, Jr. playing in costume in the front yard of their home. Phil wears a top hat and long coat. Ro...
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Dane County Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of house with porch and yard on highway 113. Snow is on the ground.
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College of Agriculture

Date: 1920
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Site of the first dairy school at a state university, built in 1889. Three-story building, with vines growing on the porch...
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College of Agriculture

Date: 1920
Description: Site of the first dairy school. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Men are working near a wagon parked in front of the building.
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East Washington Avenue Tree Planting

Date: 12 01 1948
Description: A tree planting project was started on the northeast side of East Washington Street of hard maple trees, which replace other species and provide for wideni...
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Fire at 15 S. Bedford Street

Date: 10 28 1948
Description: Side view of tenement-type house at 15 South Bedford Street, located at the rear of the city garage, showing the lone window of the tiny sleeping room (far...
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Houses in University Heights

Date: 12 07 1948
Description: Houses on the south side of the 2100 block of University Avenue. The address on the entrance at the far right is 2125.
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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Truax barracks building where a kerosene explosion and fire fatally burned Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Alburn, and seriously burned her husband and two of their ...
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Edward B.A. Sokoloski Home

Date: 02 10 1949
Description: Exterior view from driveway of the Edward. B.A. Sokoloski residence in the snow at 874 Woodrow Street.
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Exterior of Dr. Isadore Schultz House

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Exterior view from driveway of the ranch-style house of Dr. Isadore Schultz. The house is built on the site, and with the stones of, a brewery that was des...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison President's House

Date: 07 1925
Description: Residence on the University of Wisconsin campus. Later this site became the Memorial Union. A fence and a drive run along the bottom of the image toward th...
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New Pavement for Myrtle Street, Looking West

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Madison streets, new pavement, viewed on Myrtle Street, looking west toward Oscar Mayer plant.
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New Pavement for Myrtle Street, Looking East

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Madison streets, Myrtle Street looking east, are being newly paved.
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New Pavement for Mandan Crescent

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Selected Madison streets, 4200 block of Mandan Crescent, are being repaved to replace the worn out macadam pavement of the Nakoma neighborhood.
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New Pavement for Lansing Street

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Madison streets, Lansing Street off of Milwaukee Street, are being repaved. Homes along Lansing are: 18 Lansing Street, 21 Lansing Street, 17 Lansing Stree...
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New Pavement for Additional Lansing Street

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Madison streets, additional Lansing Street addresses, are being paved. Shown are 149 Lansing Street, 141 Lansing Street, 137 Lansing Street, 133 Lansing St...
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: The home of Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin. The building was originally a barn on the estate o...
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Keith Roberts House

Date: 05 06 1949
Description: The exterior of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Roberts, 13 South Midvale Boulevard, one of four homes designed and constructed by Marshall Erdman for war v...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 06 09 1949
Description: Frankie Meyer, the 1948 Soap Box Derby champion, stands next to his Wisconsin State Journal-sponsored racer. He is wearing the shirt and helmet given to h...

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