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Transportation Safety for Children

Date: 06 17 1986
Description: A group of children on "hot cycles," a form of young children's transportation, are being instructed on the rules of pedestrian and bicycle transportation ...
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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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Mechanic Punches Time Clock at Service Station

Date: 02 15 1929
Description: Mechanic punching a ticket at a time clock for a service job at one of International Harvester's motor truck branch service stations. A poster warning of t...
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Fire Fighters Taking Driving Safety Tests

Date: 01 22 1946
Description: Fire fighters taking five different driving safety tests administered by Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Safety Department employees in Fire Station #1, 18 South W...
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Safety Convention Speakers

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, with a group portrait of nine morning speakers, taken at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenu...
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Wis. Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention Audience

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Audience at Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, in a ballroom at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenue.
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Central High School Driving Class

Date: 02 18 1939
Description: Group portrait of Central High School driving license class holding certificates and standing beside "AAA Dual Control Driver Training Car." They are stand...
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Safety Patrol Boys

Date: 05 19 1937
Description: Harry Stiles and Converse Hettinger, two school safety patrol boys from Portage, Wisconsin, on their way to a national safety patrol conclave in Washington...
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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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Testing Front Wheels

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Close-up of two men testing front wheels of automobile at Eichman Garage, 1307-09 Williamson Street.
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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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Virginia Gillette Spanking Dicky Dupois

Date: 08 27 1931
Description: Virginia Gillette demonstrates how residents in the 400 block of Virginia Terrace are combating traffic dangers by spanking. Dicky Dupois is over her knee,...
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Automobile Brake Test

Date: 08 03 1930
Description: Mr. Trostle gets his brakes tested by a Weaver Automatic Brake Tester in the "Safety Lane" on Wisconsin Avenue, sponsored by the American Automobile Associ...
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Auto Safety Lane

Date: 08 04 1930
Description: Men inspecting automobiles in the "Safety Lane" on Wisconsin Avenue, sponsored by American Automobile Association (AAA).
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Boy Scout Sled Race

Date: 01 24 1953
Description: Boy scout sled team participating in the Klondike Derby sled race. The boys are pulling the sled on the Monona Golf Course, with Nichols School in the back...
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Smokey Bear and Homer C. Pickens with Airplane

Date: 1950
Description: Smokey Bear cub and his handler, Homer C. Pickens, pose by a Piper Aircraft Corporation airplane named in Smokey's honor prior to flying to Washington, D.C...
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AAA Tour Cars

Date: 05 14 1944
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...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Tom Langlois in a rowboat is issuing a warning to James Bergman who is swimming outside the ropes that delineate the safe swimming area.
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Courteous Driver of the Week

Date: 03 28 1947
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...
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Mrs. Harold Wipperman, Courteous Driver-of-the-Week

Date: 04 04 1947
Description: Informal portrait of Mrs. Harold Wipperman, Middleton. She is wearing a fur coat.

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