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No Seat Belts Worn in Car Accident

Date: 03 28 1963
Description: Elsie Neerland, Deerfield, suffered multiple face and head cuts when hitting the windshield in a car accident. Her husband was driving the 1963 Comet when ...
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Volunteer Vehicle Safety Checkup Program

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A safety-conscious motorist has his car checked at one of the two stations set up in Madison as part of a voluntary vehicle safety checkup program. Locati...
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Breathalyzer Test Demonstration

Date: 05 14 1964
Description: James Cowan drinking beer in preparation for a demonstration of police breathylizer tests and reactions of alcohol on potential drivers. The test program w...
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Breathalyzer Test Demonstration

Date: 05 14 1964
Description: James Cowan touches his nose after drinking beer in preparation for a demonstration of police breathylizer tests and reactions of alcohol on potential driv...
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Wisconsin Division of American Automobile Association Traffic Safety Posters

Date: 09 03 1964
Description: Arthur Wichern, public relations director for the Wisconsin division of the American Automobile Association (AAA), and Sergeant Jack R. Geiwitz, Monona pol...
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Festival de France on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 09 29 1964
Description: French gendarme Pierre Cuvillier meeting some La Follette high school French students at Festival de France on the Capitol Square in Madison.
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Imperial Apartments, 3803 Monona Drive, Damaged by Fire

Date: 10 12 1964
Description: Close to $40,000 in damage caused by a workman's torch occurred at the newly constructed Imperial Apartments located at 3803 Monona Drive, Monona, adjacen...
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Police Unit in Holland

Date: 1979
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of diver's side of Police Unit parked on the side of a road. A man wearing a uniform is standing on the front seat through the...
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Police Unit in Holland

Date: 1979
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of diver's side of Police Unit parked on the side of a road. A man wearing a uniform is sitting in the driver's seat.
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Juvenile Delinquency Addressed

Date: 05 25 1965
Description: Angelo Gonzalez, a former New York City street gang leader, presented a plan to end juvenile delinquency to Madison police officers, judges, and probation ...
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Vel Phillips Greeting Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a coat and fur scarf, is shaking the hand of Golda Meier. There are other unidentified men surrounding the two. In the background is ...
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com...
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Police Marshall A.J. Taff Honored

Date: 07 21 1965
Description: Maple Bluff police marshal A.J. Taff, center, is shown sitting at a table as Madison's Mayor Otto Festge, right, is signing a document making him honorary ...
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Milwaukee March

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man...
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International Motor Car at Procession for Peace Celebration, Christchurch, NZ

Date: 1945
Description: Original caption reads: "This photograph appeared in the Christchurch 'Press' dated 18th August, 1945. The procession for Peace Day Celebrations was held o...
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Children Outside of Rosedale Playground

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Description: A group of African American children are standing outside the Rosedale Playground. Most of the children have their backs to the camera, including a woman s...
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Emergency Mobile Patrol Truck

Date: 1939
Description: Rear view of interior of specially built 2 seated emergency mobile patrol truck owned by the Cleveland Ohio Police Department.
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Sid on a Fire Engine

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Description: View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. A police officer wearing a uniform and a badge is standing ...
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Shirley Clarke Directing "The Cool World"

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Description: Shirley Clarke directing a scene from "The Cool World" on a city sidewalk. Her back is to the camera, and she is standing giving directions to the camerama...
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Filming "The Cool World"

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Description: Elevated view looking over the railings in front of a building of a crowd of people watching a scene from the film "The Cool World" being shot. The cameram...

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