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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Automobiles and police officer on West Mifflin Street. Celebration of V-J Day August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of Japan...
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Driver Education at East High School

Date: 06 18 1956
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...
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Softball Pitchers

Date: 06 23 1948
Description: Portrait of three unidentified men who are softball pitchers.
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Kroger Semi-Trailer Truck

Date: 01 19 1952
Description: A Kroger grocery store chain semi-trailer truck parked at 2701 Packers Avenue with a man in the driver's seat. The sign on the side of the truck reads: "Kr...
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Tinkering with the Car

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Description: A man shows two teenagers the intricacies of what is under the hood of the family car.
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 26 1952
Description: Olson youth with his calf at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Black Eagle Service Station

Date: 06 26 1946
Description: A woman pumping gas at the H.W. Risberg & Sons Black Eagle Service Station, 1200 East Washington Avenue.
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Suburban Police Officers

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Monona Marshal Rollin Boden, directing traffic.
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Police Officer Robert O'Brien on Motorcycle

Date: 03 08 1947
Description: Robert O'Brien, police officer on motorcycle, in front of Police Station.
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Mt. Olive Lutheran Church

Date: 09 11 1947
Description: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 4018 Mineral Point Road, is shown under construction.
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Christmas Shopping

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Natalie Schwartz, 137 Talmadge Street, admiring a Christmas tree outdoors.
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New Police Ambulance

Date: 12 22 1949
Description: Police Chief Bruce Weatherly looks over a new police ambulance.
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County Traffic Officer John J. DeSmidt

Date: 06 07 1951
Description: Dane County traffic officer John J. DeSmidt posing in front of a police car.
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Schappe Motors Employee

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: Portrait of Persh Curran, Service Director at Schappe Motors Incorporated, 801 East Washington Avenue.
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Black Eagle Service Station Attendant and Customer

Date: 06 26 1946
Description: A gas station attendant talks to a customer in a car at the H.W. Risberg & Sons Black Eagle Service Station, 1200 East Washington Avenue.
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Edwards Tire Company

Date: 12 15 1945
Description: "Ole" Odegaard, tire repairman at Edwards Tire Company, 506 University Avenue, re-treading tires.
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Kayser Motors, Inc. Stockroom

Date: 12 19 1947
Description: Five employees at the stockroom counter at Kayser Motors, Inc., at the 700 block of East Washington Avenue.
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Kayser Motors Mechanic

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: A mechanic spray painting a vehicle at Kayser Motors, located at 701 East Washington Avenue.
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Crashed Automobile

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: Crashed automobile on tow truck, with traffic officer, Russell Klitzman, and deputy sheriff, Eldon Johnson, viewing the car.
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Suburban Police Officers

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Shorewood Hills marshalls Lee Cripps and Frank Ashworth measuring skid marks at an accident scene.

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