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AAA Driver Training Car

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Ralph Hult, president of Hult's Capital Garage, presenting the keys to a dual control driver training car to Richard Bardwell, director of the Madison voca...
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Safe-Driving Agreement for Youthful Drivers

Date: 03 08 1949
Description: Shown examining a "safe-driving agreement" for youthful drivers and their parents are the men who are in charge of the statewide distribution of this aid t...
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Teen Driving Study Committee

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Shown formulating plans to study the subject of teenage driving are three members of the Teen Driving Study Committee. From left to right are: Jim Ketchum,...
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Singer Rise Stevens Arriving in Madison

Date: 10 15 1949
Description: Rise Stevens arrives in Madison for a concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Greeting her at the train station are George Holcomb, Kankakee, Illinois, stu...
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French Gratitude Train Boxcar

Date: 12 05 1949
Description: Five men, including State Historical Society Director, Clifford Lord at left, standing near a box car labeled "Gratitude Train" on a flat bed truck parked ...
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Junior Division of the University League

Date: 08 29 1953
Description: Mrs. Garth K. Voight and daughter Valerie Voight, 18 months, sit in the front seat of an automobile. Mrs. Voight is membership chairman for the Junior Divi...
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Ozark Air Lines Starts Madison Flights

Date: 03 01 1959
Description: A group of men posing in front of an engine and under the fuselage of a DC-3 air liner. The original caption states: "Cutting the tape for the inaugural fl...
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Wisconsin Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 09 22 1959
Description: Ione Nelson, left and S. Janice Kee are standing next to the Wisconsin Free Library commission's new bookmobile. Ione Nelson is the public library consulta...
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58th Annual Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta Social Events Planning Committee

Date: 08 14 1960
Description: Members of the 58th annual Inland Lake Yachting Association regatta social committee discuss social events for the regatta on the Edgewater Hotel pier. Sho...
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Wisconsin Roadside Council Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Date: 03 24 1965
Description: The Wisconsin Roadside Council celebrates its 25 year anniversary at a dinner at the Park Motor Inn. Shown (L-R) are Fred B. Trenk, Arena, University of Wi...
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Public Service Commission Meeting

Date: 03 16 1954
Description: Public Service Commission members are sitting around a long table before papers, taking up a proposal for a rate increase for the Madison Bus Company. A fe...

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