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Labor Works For Highway Safety

Date: 1969
Description: Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan...
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Men Filling Automobile Gas Tank

Date: 08 1927
Description: Men filling the gas tank of an automobile at an "Indian Gas" roadside service station. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural ...
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Tom Mix Promoting Safety Display Window

Date: 04 27 1946
Description: Display window at Karstens Inc., 22-24 North Carroll Street, featuring Tom Mix safety display for the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department. The display inclu...
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Eichman Garage Brake Department

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Man testing brakes on an automobile in Eichman Garage, 1307-09 Williamson Street, Brake department featuring Viscote system.
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Showgirls and Fire Prevention Sign

Date: 10 07 1932
Description: Fanchon and Marco showgirls with fire prevention sign on residential street. They are wearing Torney Dancers uniforms.
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"You Can't Saw Wood with a Hammer"

Date: 1910
Description: Photo montage, with a sign reading "You can't saw wood with a hammer," along with a machine part, and a young man. The photograph may have been taken at In...
Poster

"Gambling With Fate" Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Industrial safety sign or poster featuring the "grim reaper" and advising factory workers to "be a booster for safety." The sign reads: "Gambling With Fate...
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Workers with Sign at 20 Millimeter Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Factory workers posing under a sign at Internationl Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "The Production Drive Committee of Harvester's gun ...
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Processing Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory worker standing behind a machine to process sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. There are safety posters on the back wall. Original ...
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Traffic Officer Hector Naze with Second Grader Freddy Milverstedt

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Traffic officer Hector Naze, who directs morning traffic at the corner of Johnson and State Streets, is shown explaining the crossing rules to seven-year o...
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Kayser Safety Parade

Date: 10 07 1949
Description: Two men are installing a KAYSER'S banner on the side of the WFOW radio station truck for the Kayser safety parade on East Washington Avenue. The parade is ...
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Kayser Safety Parade

Date: 10 07 1949
Description: Three men are standing by a Dane County Police Ford station wagon during the Kayser Safety Parade in the 700 block of East Washington Avenue. Businesses in...
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Kayser Safety Parade

Date: 10 07 1949
Description: Line-up of Ford cars and trucks for the Kayser safety parade in the 700 block of East Washington Avenue. Musicians are in the back of a truck and commercia...
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Dangers While Chopping Wood

Date: 06 1927
Description: Two men chop wood beside a wooden shed at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. One man raises an axe while steadying a piece of wood with ...
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Automobile Stopped at Railroad Crossing

Date: 04 23 1926
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...
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Madison Public School Safety Program

Date: 09 05 1952
Description: Safety was the topic of discussion when Captain Walter Thompson, of the city police traffic bureau (seated at center) met with safety patrol members from f...
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Driver Education Dual Control Car

Date: 07 02 1953
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...
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Safe Driving Class

Date: 10 28 1957
Description: Dane County traffic officers Rodney C. Schwoegler and A.C. Pope lead a class in driving safely for Truax Field airmen.
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Fire Prevention Week Parade Float and Truck

Date: 1971
Description: International Sno-Star Scout towing a float for Fire Prevention Week. The vehicle is yellow and white with large "fog lamps" mounted on the front. A white ...
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Pointing Out Fire Hazards

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Fire hazards are pointed out in a model house by Battalion Chief Edward McCabe for Cub Scouts of Pack 566 at Manitoba School. The ten-year-old boy scouts p...

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