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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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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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United States Army Safety Program

Date: 01 03 1944
Description: United States Army safety award banner presented to the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. Employees are grouped around it.
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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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Safety Clinic Section

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Safety clinic section, Eichman Garage, 1307-09 Williamson Street, "National Safety Inspection Machine, brakes, steering and lights, triple checked for safe...
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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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Research Products Employees

Date: 05 12 1952
Description: Group portrait of Research Products employees on the factory floor, 1011-1015 East Washington Avenue, having received the National Safety Council Award for...
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Public Health Nursing Week

Date: 04 16 1947
Description: Public Health Nursing Week. Miss Agnes Moroney of the third district unit of Wisconsin State Organization of Public Health Nursing and supervising nurse at...
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Governor Rennebohm Accepting Safety Award

Date: 09 07 1948
Description: Thomas N. Boate, public safety director of the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies, presents an award to Wisconsin for its high place in the train...
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Doudna and Salisbury

Date: 12 03 1948
Description: "Bill Doudna, State Journal newscaster, was honored for his promotion of child safety on his 7:30 a.m. broadcast on WIBA." Robert Salisbury, directo...
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Viroqua Hero

Date: 02 24 1950
Description: Vernon county farmer Edwin Lerum became the first recipient of a new Wisconsin award for heroism in traffic safety when Governor Rennebohm presented him th...
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Madison School Safety Patrol Captains

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Madison school safety patrol captains honored at an appreciation show posing for a group portrait. In the front row are, left to right: Roger Schwarze, Jam...
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Paoli Grade School Class

Date: 02 05 1951
Description: Dane County Traffic Lieutenant Arden C. Pope teaches grade school students the rules of riding bicycles and walking safely on highways.
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Paoli Grade School Safety Patrol Program

Date: 02 05 1951
Description: As Paoli grade school children watch, Lieutenant Arden C. Pope, head of the Dane County traffic safety division, presents badges and belts for school patro...
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Chevrolet Dealers' Slogan Contest Winner

Date: 11 26 1951
Description: Ralph Hult, president of Hult's Capital Garage, Inc. presents a check to H.A. Habeck who won the Chevrolet Dealers' Association "OK" slogan contest that wa...
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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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Murals in Junior Red Cross Assembly Room

Date: 06 08 1953
Description: Water safety accident prevention and first aid are the themes of the mural being completed by East Junior High School pupils for the east wall of the Junio...

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