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Capital Times Newspaper Carrriers

Date: 06 16 1933
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Capital Times newspaper carriers.
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Florence Schlimgen and Four of Her Sons

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: Mrs. Arthur E. (Florence) Schlimgen and four of her sons who are or were Wisconsin State Journal newspaper boys. Pictured from left to right are: La...
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How to Become a Wisconsin State Journal Newspaperboy

Date: 09 29 1948
Description: Ronnie Hinrichs, a recently hired newspaperboy for the Wisconsin State Journal, performing the bookkeeping for his account.
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Madison Newspaper Carriers

Date: 03 27 1951
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carrier boys, participants in the journal's annual subscription contest. Taken in Felly's re...
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Paper Boy Delivering Newspapers

Date: 1918
Description: A boy wearing a coat and hat standing on a sidewalk while delivering newspapers to nearby homes. Attached to his newspaper bag is a sign reading: "Cook Cou...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Three paper carriers for the Wisconsin State Journal wear their delivery bags and stand with their bikes against a garage door. The boys are brothers, the ...
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Madison Newspapers Carriers Kickoff Breakfast

Date: 04 20 1954
Description: Carriers for Madison Newspapers, Inc. sitting at tables for one of four "kickoff" breakfasts for the annual newspaper-magazine selling contest.
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Newspaper Carriers' Breakfast

Date: 04 05 1956
Description: Madison Newspaper carrier boys were treated to breakfast at Felly's Restaurant at 927 South Park Street. Shown clockwise from lower left are: Michael Riede...
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Newspaper Carriers' Breakfast

Date: 04 04 1956
Description: Madison Newspaper carrier boys were treated to a breakfast at Felly's Restaurant, 927 South Park Street. Seated at the lower table are Charles Peschel (bac...
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Newspaper Carriers' Breakfast

Date: 04 11 1956
Description: Madison Newspaper carrier boys were treated to breakfast at Felly's Restaurant, 927 South Park Street. Shown seated clockwise are Ivan Hinrichs, James Buc...
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Newspaper Carriers' Breakfast

Date: 04 11 1956
Description: Madison Newspapers carrier boys were treated to breakfast at Felly's Restaurant, 927 South Park Street. Shown clockwise are: Bob Markham, John Washbush, Bi...
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Subscription Contest Winner

Date: 08 07 1958
Description: Original caption states: "Everyone benefits. Jans Jackson, Spring Green, champion subscription salesman, of the Wisconsin State Journal's carrier bo...
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We Saw You . . . at Carrier Boys' Picnic

Date: 06 30 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc. hosts a picnic to recognize newspaper carriers, each an individual businessman, who carry the papers in any kind of weather. Gregor...
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IH Exhibition Hall with Giant Cream Separator

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: A group of men and women are looking at a giant cream separator on display in an exhibition hall. A newsboy is holding a stack of "Milwaukee Journal's."
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Elevated view of four newspaper boys for the Wisconsin State Journal. Looking up at the photographer and holding out folded papers, they are wearing...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Houses along a Madison neighborhood street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal. One house on this paper route has a front yard enclos...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Houses along a Madison residential street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal on their paper route.
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Row of two-story houses along the newspaper route in a Madison neighborhood, where the carriers throw their papers to the doorstep.
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper boy Malcolm Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, dressing before dawn to prepare for completing his daily newspaper route. The hands on his alarm clock i...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 09 03 1957
Description: Newspaper boy Mathew Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, placing a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal behind a screen door of a private residence.

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