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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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Stolen Safe from Holmes Tire and Supply Company

Date: 03 02 1961
Description: Safe robbers escaped with $1,000 in cash, $2,000 in checks, and several wrist watches when they stole a large safe from the Holmes Tire and Supply Company ...
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University of Wisconsin Varsity Crew Races Wayne (Michigan) State and Junior Varsity Crews

Date: 05 06 1961
Description: The U.W. varsity crew racing against the Wayne State (Michigan) and U.W. junior varsity crews on Lake Mendota.
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Madison Inn Motor Hotel

Date: 05 02 1961
Description: Manager James Payton standing across the street from the recently completed Madison Inn motor hotel at Frances and Langdon Streets.
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U.W. Varsity Crew Workout

Date: 04 26 1961
Description: The University of Wisconsin varsity crew preparing to launch its shell on Lake Mendota for a workout. Visible (L-R) are Don Erbach and Phil Monk.
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Madison Zor Shrine Nomads Parade Unit

Date: 05 23 1961
Description: The Zor Nomads, twenty-three Madison area Shriners, ride special motor bikes for parade events. It is the first motorized unit sponsored by Aor Shrine. The...
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U.W. Students Moving Out

Date: 06 02 1961
Description: A father helping his son, a University of Wisconsin student, move out of his dormitory at the end of the spring semester.
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Daylight Savings Time

Date: 04 28 1961
Description: Charles J. Seipel resets clocks in his jewelry store at 1803 Monroe Street prior to the switch to daylight savings time.
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Brothers Greg, left, and Mark Herrling drive a four-wheel buggy pulled by two ponies down a driveway with the family home visible in the background. This i...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Fourth of July Activities

Date: 07 04 1961
Description: Two young children walking in the children's parade at the Crestwood Neighborhood Fourth of July celebration.
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Rotary International Fellowship Program

Date: 07 14 1961
Description: Rotary District 625's scholarship committee chairman Basil I. Peterson greets Japanese student Tomoko Arai at the Madison Municipal Airport. She will be st...
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Drums on Parade

Date: 07 09 1961
Description: A three-deep crowd watches an Illinois drum and bugle unit march past in the 9th annual "Drums on Parade", sponsored by the Zor Shrine Activities Associati...
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Madison Police Ambulance

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: Officer Howard (Pete) Stormer displaying the interior of the new station-wagon sized Madison police ambulance. For the past 5 years the department relied o...
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Sauk County Manhunt Searchers

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Three Jefferson County Sheriff Department officers and a search volunteer posing with two bloodhounds that took part in a manhunt for a suspect from an inc...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The Salvation Army is one of 29 United Givers agencies. It provides emergency shelter and also a nursery school at its headquarters on W. Wilson Street for...
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Motor Scooter Given to Captain Pat Roach

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: Col. John Roach, deputy state adjutant general, riding a motor scooter similar to the one being presented to his son, Capt. Pat Roach with the 32nd Divisio...
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Sky Divers Landing on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 31 1962
Description: Three experienced sky divers, Miles Micya and Mel Gall of the Air Force, and Bob Falconer (Falkener), a U.W. student, jumped into Lake Mendota from an airp...
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Sky Divers Landing on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 31 1962
Description: Three experienced sky divers, Miles Micya and Mel Gall of the Air Force, and Bob Falconer (Falkener), a U.W. student, jumped into Lake Mendota from an airp...
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Truck Crash on Troy Drive

Date: 02 06 1963
Description: $25,000 estimated damage was caused when a semi-trailer loaded with Mercedes-Benz engines crashed into a railroad viaduct on Troy Drive near School Road. T...

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