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| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A staged scene showing a car passing a truck while another car is coming the other way. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural... |
| Date: | 01 22 1946 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters taking five different driving safety tests administered by Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Safety Department employees in Fire Station #1, 18 South W... |
| Date: | 03 28 1939 |
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| Description: | American Automobile Association display window showing Wisconsin travel brochures and pictures of tourist destinations around the state. |
| Date: | 02 18 1939 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Central High School driving license class holding certificates and standing beside "AAA Dual Control Driver Training Car." They are stand... |
| Date: | 05 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Men doing a periodic rotation of the synthetic and recapped tires on one of the two cars parked in front of the Park Hotel, and participating in the Americ... |
| Date: | 01 24 1947 |
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| Description: | Winners of the Courteous Driver award, given by AAA, are Jeanne Lindsay, seated in a car, and her father, H.E. Lindsay, standing on the driver's side. |
| Date: | 02 12 1947 |
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| Description: | Kenneth H. Sidwell , 17 North First Street, shown talking through the window of his car to Madison police officer Harold Nelson on his motorcycle. Mr. Sid... |
| Date: | 03 28 1947 |
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| Description: | Pictured are Lawrence E. Bowers, seated in his car, and police officer, Robert O'Brien, who is giving Mr. Bowers an award for courteous driving. Mr. Bowers... |
| Date: | 04 04 1947 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of Mrs. Harold Wipperman, Middleton. She is wearing a fur coat. |
| Date: | 08 02 1950 |
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| Description: | The Dane County Traffic Director presents a savings bond for the safest driver award to Mineral Point jeweler Ross Graves, who is accepting the award on be... |
| Date: | 11 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler receives an award recognizing Wisconsin's driver education program as "superior" from L.M. Anderson of the Association of Casualty a... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | John Esch, sitting behind the wheel of an automobile, adjusting his eyeglasses while smoking a tobacco pipe. Photograph taken for International Harvester's... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A man jaywalking across a street in front of a moving automobile. The road is lined with houses and commercial buildings, and additional automobiles are pa... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railr... |
| Date: | 04 30 1946 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms's Wisconsin driver's license. This view of the document is in the negative. |
| Date: | 07 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Seated in a dual control car used for driver education classes are, from left: Milt Diehl, instructor, and East High students, Bruce Schmidt and John Fillh... |
| Date: | 05 1926 |
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| Description: | A sign reading: "Look Curve L." is posted along the side of a paved road. An automobile is on the road in the background. |
| Date: | 06 18 1956 |
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| Description: | Twelve men are posing in front of over twenty similar automobiles parked in two neat lines on pavement in back of East High School. The men are auto dealer... |
| Date: | 07 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Two young people are examining a wall chart depicting traffic lanes, cross walks, and intersections. There are movable adhesive rectangles representing car... |
| Date: | 09 28 1966 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "New, more powerful four cylinder engine for the International Scout proves its worth in an exhibition at a Grand Prix track. Desig... |
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