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Three Car Accident at 323 East Johnson Street and North Hancock Street

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: A three-car accident occurs at the corner of 323 East Johnson Street and North Hancock Street.
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Police Search & Rescue Plane Lands on Brittingham Bay

Date: 02 08 1961
Description: E.H. Lansdowne, 2910 Stevens Street (R), a city fireman at Station No. 4, and Tom Fawcett, 6104 Bridge Road, pilot, stand next to the Madison Police Depart...
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New Supermarket Opens in Madison

Date: 02 03 1961
Description: The new A and P supermarket to open on Wingra Drive west of Park street.
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Restaurant Remodeling Project

Date: 01 16 1961
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Brewer poses next to artificial palm trees that are part of a remodeling project of the Red Rooster restaurant on East Washington avenue, whic...
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Crowd Downtown Madison Sidewalks

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Post-Christmas shoppers exchanging or returning unwanted Christmas gifts crowd downtown Madison sidewalks.
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X-mas Gifts for Children Collected at the State Capitol Rotunda Christmas Tree

Date: 12 22 1960
Description: Christmas gifts are collected around the State Capitol rotunda Christmas tree from state employees to give to developmentally disabled children staying in ...
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Return Gifts to Downtown Madison Stores

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Traffic crowds Madison downtown streets and parking stalls as shoppers return or exchange unwanted Christmas gifts.
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Maple Bluff Police Marshall A.J. Taff Conducts Village Census

Date: 12 14 1960
Description: A.J. Taff, Maple Bluff police marshal, 6 Fuller Drive, conducts a one-man census of the village for the annual village directory. Taff has conducted the ce...
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Dream House Built from Plans in Newspaper

Date: 11 29 1960
Description: The four-level home built from plans in the Wisconsin State Journal by Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. (Schim) Elliott as their "dream home" at 526 Edward st...
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Watching Escaped Monkeys

Date: 11 25 1960
Description: Dan Watson, left, director of the Vilas Park Zoo, and fireman Don Annen attempting to capture two rhesus monkeys in the tree tops. Annen is holding a tran...
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New Third Grade Teacher in Sun Prairie

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Members of Diane Schmitt's Sun Prairie school's third grade are greeted by Volunteer Fire Department chief Ben Blaschka during a tour of the fire station. ...
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State Highway Improvements Public Hearing

Date: 11 09 1960
Description: A display to illustrate proposed improvements to the Madison Beltline highway at a hearing in the City-County Building by the State Highway Commission.
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: The traffic jam of automobiles and pedestrians trying to get to the presidential campaign rally for the-Vice President Nixon at the Madison Municipal airpo...
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon enjoys a cup of coffee during a presidential campaign stop at the Madison Municipal airport.
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon helps lift crutch-clutching Lynn Cooperman to the speaker's platform during a campaign stop at the Madison Municipal Airport. She...
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon leaving his airplane with his wife on a campaign stop in Madison.
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Richard Nixon addresses a crowd at the Madison Municipal Airport while campaigning for the 1960 Presidential election.
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Plat Map of Christiana

Date: 1873
Description: A plat map of the town of Christiana.
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Plat Map of Pleasant Springs

Date: 1873
Description: A plat map of the town of Pleasant Springs.
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A Plat Map of Stoughton

Date: 1899
Description: A plat map of the city of Stoughton.

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