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Ice Cream Stand at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera...
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Shindig at the Teenbeat Club

Date: 1968
Description: Color advertising photograph of teenagers and band members gathered in and around an International Scout pickup at the Teenbeat Club owned by Steve Miller ...
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Brick School and Students

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Description: View of a brick school building and a crowd of students, with two boys up in a tree. Other people are posing in some of the open windows of the school. Boy...
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Shindig at the Teenbeat Club

Date: 1968
Description: Color advertising photograph of teenagers and members of a rock and roll band gathered in and around an International Scout pickup at the Teenbeat Club own...
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The "Gracie May" Locomotive

Date: 1884
Description: The Fairchild and Northwestern locomotive the "Gracie May," named for Gracie May Foster. Several people pose near the locomotive, including Robert Holmes a...
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Family Posed in Street near House

Date: 1872
Description: A family is seated in chairs in the middle of a street in front of a frame house with shuttered windows. Adjoining this house is what may be a commercial s...
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Boys Doing Gymnastics in Field

Date: 1874
Description: Three young men doing gymnastics in a field near a cow, with other people standing and posing behind them. Two people are in a wagon. In the background are...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: Soap Box Derby race cars line up while participants and spectators look at the cars. Madison's Derby was held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wi...
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Women and Young Girl Leaning on Fence

Date: 1897
Description: Ada Bass, the photographer's wife, leaning against a fence, next to daughter Everetta Bass as a young girl, along a dirt road. The photographer's sister, R...
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Everetta Bass in Buggy

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass sitting in horse-drawn buggy holding a doll. A girl identified as Loura is standing beside the buggy.
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Family on Porch

Date: 1900
Description: The Dodge family standing on the front porch of their house on East Montello Street. Frank Dodge lost his right leg in an accident while working in the gra...
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Centennial Fair in Milwaukee Attendees

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: Preparing to board a bus to attend the Wisconsin Centennial in Milwaukee are left to right: Ann Seibold, West High School orchestra, Beth Mitchell, all-sta...
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Hunters Standing Near Wagon with Catch

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Description: A hunter stands near a wagon pulled by two horses holding a catch of squirrels. Two women, two young boys, and another man are standing in the wagon behind...
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Group Walking in Field

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Description: A group of men, women and children walk through a field. One woman rides a bike and is steadied by the man next to her.
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Crowd Gathering in a Field

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Description: A large group of men, women, and children gather in a field.
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Studio Portrait with Painted River Scene

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Description: A studio portrait of a girl and a boy in a river scene painted on a backdrop. The girl wears a dress and hat and rests a hand on an oar and holds the boy's...
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Mary C. and Grandpa

Date: 1898
Description: An elderly man stands in a room holding a small girl. Caption on negative reads, "Mary C. and Grandpa."
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Cars line up at Shell Oil service pits on E. Gorham Street during the Madison Soap Box Derby. Drivers, and a crowd of people on the sidewalk are looking on...
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Group with Bicycles and Oars

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Description: A group of seventeen young people of varying ages posing outside against a hill with bicycles and a set of rowing oars.
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Junior Red Cross Training Camp

Date: 08 01 1949
Description: Four Madison high school youth are standing with their luggage near the entrance to a train car as they prepare to depart for the Red Cross training center...

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