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1938-1945

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Old postcard panorama 1930's cars on square Bank clerks in bank 1930s 1940s Shoppping on the Square
Old hand-colored postcard panaorama, featuring St. Raphael's under arrow. A 1930's view of square featuring cops and cars. A 1930's Madison bank interior 1940s Shoppping on the Square
State Street runs from the University to the Square 1940s Shoppping on the Square Wartime battery production A crowded drugstore lunchcounter
State street during wartime Mifflin Street on the Square US Senator Robert M. LaFollette visits wartime battery production in Madison. The plant is now part of Ray-o-vac. A crowded drugstore lunch counter in wartime Madison
Wilson St. Office Building Victory over Japan University after the war
Workers come out of the wartime Wilson St. Office Building The day the war ended, celebrants created a traffic jam on the square. Victory would not have been possible without the courage of men like George Gaffney After the war in the University of Wisconsin Ratskellar. Most of the men were veterans. George Gaffney did not live to see the day.