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Accident at Park and Regent Streets
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A police ambulance, speeding a 3-year old, David King, seriously injured accident victim to a hospital, crashed into a Padgham Painting Co. truck, driven by Elmer C. Evans, that turned into its path at Park and Regent Streets. Also shown in the photograph: Tiny's Cafe, 901 Regent Street, and Fumusa's Grocery, 907 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood.
May 24, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Accident at Park and Regent Streets
May 24, 1948
County traffic officers Ray Case (left) and Henry Gerry are placing Elmer C. Evans, with head and face lacerations, in an ambulance to take him to the Jackson clinic. A police ambulance, speeding a...
Accident at Park and Regent Streets
May 24, 1948
Injured police ambulance driver Paul Klinglehofer is assisted by Officer C.J. Sparks. Klinglehofer was taken to Madison General Hospital with bruises and shock. In the background are houses and St....
Cab-Bus Collision
August 26, 1946
Overturned taxicab, after collision with a city bus at the corner of Regent and Mills Street, injuring four people. Also shows a crowd of people looking on.
Dane County Police Ambulance
May 11, 1950
A deputy stands beside a Dane County Police Ambulance parked on a residential street.
New Police Ambulance
December 22, 1949
Police Chief Bruce Weatherly looks over a new police ambulance.
Suburban Police Officers
October 13, 1948
Blooming Grove constables Albert Frazer and Jerry Fries, put a man on a stretcher in the back of a police car modified to serve as ambulance.
