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| Date: | 01 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Presenting the play, "They Are Not What They Used To Be." The Sunnyside P.T.A., 3902 E. Washington Avenue, won the fourth preliminary contest in the Dane C... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Droster Store at the corner of Burke and Felland Road. It is currently the Burke Station Tavern. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Burke Depot during the move to the Droster store location. Built in 1884, it had been located on the Northeast corner of Burke and Felland Road. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Droster farm located on Felland Road. The house was built in 1854. |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Truax Field tornado damage, 2 miles north of Truax Field. Francis Lockman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lockman, is sitting on the seat of their tractor whi... |
| Date: | 06 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Paul Gritzmacher and a cow are in the damaged barn. |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Barn damage with house in background. Two horses survived in the barn despite the damage around them. |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage near Truax Field in Madison. The Gritzmacher farm milk house was twisted and shattered by the wind. A group of people are looking at the dam... |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage in Truax Field area. The Anderson house chimney was damaged, and the trees surrounding it were uprooted. |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage in Truax Field area. Albert Anderson is shown holding the wire of a fence that held him during the storm. Oscar and Elmer Anderson, Albert's... |
| Date: | 08 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Ray Tursky, one of the outstanding motorcycle riders in the country, wearing a helmet with goggles and a Harley-Davidson shirt. He part... |
| Date: | 03 22 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Francis T. Hanson house, located at 717 Redland Drive in the Burke Heights subdivision. It was built by the Bewick Building Company at... |
| Date: | 09 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of kindergarteners at Sunnyside School, 3902 East Washington Avenue. Among those pictured are James Strube, Allan Peterson, Jane Ritchart, and Ros... |
| Date: | 09 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Students at Sunnyside School, 3902 East Washington Avenue, count money from the school lunch program with guidance from school principal George Dohms. Left... |
| Date: | 09 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Fourth grade students at Sunnyside School, 3902 East Washington Avenue, practice their arithmetic with their teacher Mrs. David Hammes. From left to right ... |
| Date: | 09 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Cook Mrs. Clara Lehr and her assistant Mrs. Betty Hungate preparing lunch at Sunnyside School at 3902 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Logo submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Jack Penewell's Original, Twin Six, Talking Steel Guitar." An image of a steel guitar... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the William Droster home, 5297 Felland Road. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Elmer Droster home at 5301 Felland Road. There is a garage on the left, and in the far background a ridge with trees. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across railroad tracks of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Depot on Felland Road. |
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