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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Interior portrait of an elderly man sitting in a rocking chair whittling. A small boy is standing behind him on the right. Potted plants are on the window ... |
| Date: | 06 14 1940 |
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| Description: | Boy Scouts and others recite the Pledge of Allegiance during Madison's first public Flag Day ceremony held at the UW football stadium. |
| Date: | 01 20 1944 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man, with a cigarette in his mouth, is holding a Collie puppy up for auction at Governor Walter Goodland's dog sale. |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Group of boys gather around a frog at a frog jumping contest. |
| Date: | 07 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Young people dance in the street on Bowen Court as part of city Recreation Department summer activities. Girls are dancing with girls and boys are dancing ... |
| Date: | 06 1946 |
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| Description: | Women assembled for the bride's bouquet toss at the Helen Louise Hadley-Dr. John Farrell Whitman wedding reception at the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house, 12... |
| Date: | 06 29 1946 |
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| Description: | An African American mechanic works on a car up on the rack for servicing at the gas station Meehan Motor Mart, 209 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 03 1946 |
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| Description: | Bancroft Dairy "sidewalk fountain," 1010 South Park Street. Ruby Davenport and Dorothy Drifke are seated at an outdoor table. The table is covered by an um... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Badger basketball game against Illinois in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. (Up to 1947) Wisconsin has won or tied for more Western Confere... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Loan collection day at the Memorial Union. Paintings were loaned to students for exhibition. |
| Date: | 07 26 1947 |
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| Description: | Crowd and officials watch Soap Box Derby contestants at the finish line on East Gorham Street. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Lakewood School students, costumed for various performances under the general title "The Peoples of Wisconsin" given in connection with the Wisconsin Cente... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A man cross country skies on the snow covered University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background are a building and tall pine trees. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the Wisconsin Historical Society. A man is walking down the sidewalk on the left. Vines cover the stone balustrade. A tree is in the f... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two students welding at the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Short Course. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Children are playing in the water and in the sand at a beach. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man is operating an Allis-Chalmers HD 5 Diesel tracked front end loader that is scooping snow onto a large pile. Trees are in the background. |
| Date: | 01 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the 110 block of West Doty Street after a sleet storm. Cars are parked at the meters on the curb and a woman stands next to a car. The Baskerville ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | First fishing near Vilas Park on Murphy's Creek (now known as Wingra Creek.) Many people are set up to fish on both sides of the tree-lined banks. |
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