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B.B. Clarke Beach Swimming Champions

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: Thirty-two winners of individual championships at the annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach.
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Four Fishermen on the Westport Bridge

Date: 06 18 1945
Description: Four people fishing from the Westport bridge. Six people have lost their lives within the past eight weeks at this bridge.
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Madison Swim Meet

Date: 07 09 1953
Description: View of the pier at B.B. Clarke on Lake Monona, scene of the Madison city swim meet.
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Webb Family Album: Three Maids of Madison

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., son of Caroline Webb, with four images of family friends, including two young...
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Bomb Simulation at East Washington Avenue Bridge

Date: 07 12 1954
Description: The East Washington Avenue bridge was chosen as the point where a simulated atom bomb struck Madison during a civil defense test, unbeknownst to four canoe...
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Construction Crew

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Description: The "O'Dea and Shafer, Engineers and Contractors" construction crew, posing with a piece of equipment. A house and trees are in the background. Bags of cem...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Emil Thomas taking his beagle, BeBe, on a leash with him to fish. Walking along the dirt shore of the pond at Tenney Park, the dog is pulling on the leash,...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Milwaukee boys, John and David Malec, in Madison to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Louis Malec at 1134 E. Gorham Street. John is fishing on the Yahara River...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: Nicholas Hanks, family grandson, in the garden at the residence of Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks, 525 Wisconsin Avenue at Langdon Street ...

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