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Trailer Camp Flood
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Flood at the University of Wisconsin-Madison East Hill Trailer Camp, located at 451 North Midvale Boulevard, south of University Avenue. Shown are two of the students' wives who began moving belongings before the flood waters entered their small trailer homes. Mrs. Calvin Wilkes is holding a baby carriage and Mrs. Eugene Smith stands in a doorway.
January 27, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Trailer Camp Flood
February 27, 1948
Flood at the University of Wisconsin-Madison East Hill Trailer Camp, located at 451 North Midvale Boulevard, south of University Avenue. Shown are several trailer homes surrounded by water.
Trailer Camp Flood
February 26, 1948
Flood at the University of Wisconsin-Madison East Hill Trailer Camp, located at 451 North Midvale Boulevard, south of University Avenue. Several men are shown standing on Midvale Boulevard observin...
Trailer Camp Flood
February 27, 1947
Flood at the University of Wisconsin-Madison East Hill Trailer Camp, located at 451 North Midvale Boulevard, south of University Avenue. Looking west, showing several vehicles traveling on Univers...
West Side Neighborhood
August 6, 1948
Elevated view of west side neighborhood showing East Hill Trailer Camp, 451 N. Midvale Boulevard, at the corner of University Avenue and Midvale Boulevard.
Camp Randall Trailer Park (Monroe Park)
February 23, 1947
Trailer residents Mrs. and Mrs. Marvin Riley and their daughter Kathleen defend mobile home life, and speak of living "as a real family in our own little home." The trailer park, provided by the Un...
University of Wisconsin Home Economics Class
October 28, 1948
University of Wisconsin home economics student Mrs. Hazel (Jobelle) Shands, Eagles Heights, researching ways to protect home-rendered lard from going rancid.
