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Stranded Motorist

Date: 03 08 1961
Description: A winter scene with passers-by helping a stranded Madison motorist during a late winter blizzard.
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Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 14 1963
Description: One of a series of photographs taken at a YMCA Christmas tree lot on University Avenue for an article about what it's like to be a Christmas tree salesman....
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Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 14 1963
Description: One of a series of photographs taken at a YMCA Christmas tree lot on University Avenue for an article about what it's like to be a Christmas tree salesman....
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Manchester's Purchases Parking Lot Site

Date: 03 25 1964
Description: Morgan Manchester, shown standing atop his present store with his recently purchased site of the former Christ Presbyterian Church visible across the stree...
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Scandinavian Trade Delegation Visits Madison

Date: 04 04 1964
Description: A Scandinavian trade delegation of 25 Norwegian businessmen and journalists visit Madison to publicize the inaugural flight of Scandinavian Airlines System...
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Ham Operators Direct Disaster Exercise

Date: 10 01 1964
Description: The American Radio Relay League sponsors a communications and rescue drill based on a simulated flood near Verona. 30 workers and 35 mobile communications ...
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Coat Trade-In for Charities

Date: 12 23 1964
Description: Mendota State Hospital and Catholic Charities benefited from a trade-in sale at Carmen's Coat Store. Carmen's gave area women a discount on new coats, rang...
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New Bank Drive-In Service

Date: 01 29 1965
Description: Cars are moving through the three new drive-in teller windows at the rear of the Bank of Madison, 1 West Main street. Snow is on the ground.
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Greg and Patty Herrling's Graduation from the University of Wisconsin

Date: 01 19 1965
Description: Gregory Herring is shown working on an asphalt paving construction crew for the Struck and Irwin Co., one of several jobs he worked on weekends and vacatio...
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Snow, Slush and Pedestrians

Date: 03 05 1965
Description: People jumping over slush from a sidewalk to the street. Three inches of snow had fallen, adding up to 39 inches of water.
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Supreme Court Justice Visit

Date: 09 15 1965
Description: Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, Tom C. Clark, is greeted at the Madison airport by an old friend, Madison attorney George Schlotthaue...
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Oscar Mayer and Company's Truck Drivers and Mechanics Instruction In Extinguishing Fires

Date: 11 06 1965
Description: Oscar Mayer and Co.'s Madison-based truck drivers and mechanics were instructed in methods of extinguishing fires in tires, wooden crates, and automobiles ...
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Postal Loading Dock Inside Tent

Date: 12 07 1965
Description: Two postal workers arranging mail carts full of "yule mail" inside of a large canvas tent. The men working are George DeVoe, left, a superintendent enginee...

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