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Uncollected Rubbish in Downtown Madison

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Uncollected garbage in the 300 block of West Main Street during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union.
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Wisconsin State Journal Paper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1948
Description: Group portrait of 110 Wisconsin State Journal paper carriers taken prior to leaving for Blue Mounds State Park for the annual all-day outing.
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Security State Bank

Date: 07 07 1948
Description: Maxine Hanson, 133 Talmadge Street, making a deposit from her car at Security State Bank's new drive-in deposit window at 1965 Atwood Avenue. The teller is...
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Antique Ford Car

Date: 08 09 1948
Description: Tom Reese and Raleigh Williams, juniors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with their 1913 Ford car which they plan to drive to Milwaukee for the Stat...
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University of Wisconsin Orientation Week Activities

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: From the left, Nancy Bremer, Helen Schaars, Gerie Bliss, and Marion Wheeler, four student assistants involved in University of Wisconsin orientation week a...
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Durfee Brothers Roofing Company Burglary

Date: 10 30 1948
Description: View of window from indoors that burglars pried open at the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company office to enter during a robbery. A 500 pound safe was removed ...
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Dual Control Driver Training Car

Date: 01 25 1949
Description: Mrs. John (Adelin) Shiels seated at the wheel of Madison Vocational School's dual control car with instructor Kenneth Davies during the school's first post...
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Union Bus Station

Date: 04 28 1949
Description: Elevated view across street towards the Union Bus Station, 122 West Washington Avenue, with closed depot doors during a strike of the Northland Greyhound b...
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Thompson are having a picnic with their children, Charles (11) and...
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Roundy Coughlin Receiving a New Car

Date: 12 01 1949
Description: A crowd gathers around Roundy Coughlin, Wisconsin State Journal columnist, as he receives a new car from the Rounders' Club.
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Fisherman Roy "Chubby" Goodlad

Date: 04 15 1950
Description: Fisherman Roy "Chubby" Goodlad is shown at the open trunk of his car loading in fishing poles, a tackle box, and hip waders in preparation for the opening ...
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Blind Hitchhiker

Date: 05 16 1950
Description: Leslie Zacharias, a blind hitchhiker, is shown standing with his thumb out. A University of Wisconsin junior, he has hitchhiked an estimated 8,000 miles in...
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Elizabeth Woods, mother of an 18 year old son, during an on-the-street interview about the Korean War by journalist John E. Prindle.
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Annual Knights of Columbus-Zor Shrine Show

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: A group of clowns posing with their small car during the annual Knights of Columbus-Zor Shrine show at Breese Stevens Field.
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R.G. Reynoldson, Inventor

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: Mr. R.G. Reynoldson of 150 Lakewood Boulevard is pictured behind the wheel of his car demonstrating his invention, the "aeromatic speed control." Mr. Reyno...
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A.A. Elkind & Company Model Home #3

Date: 08 10 1950
Description: Photograph of model home #3 constructed at 201 Harding Street by A.A. Elkind & Company, builders and developers, 1940 Winnebago Street. The image appeared ...
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McFarland Baseball Team

Date: 07 15 1951
Description: Group portrait of the McFarland baseball team, which won the Eastern section title in the Home Talent League for the seventh time in the last 12 years.
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Badger Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 06 17 1952
Description: Mrs. C.L. Darling, route 3, Madison, with her Irish wolfhound, "Kilroman of Kellybrachen." The dog will be competing at the Badger Kennel Club dog show.
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Knights of Columbus vs. Zor Shrine Softball Game

Date: 08 06 1952
Description: Clowns surround Mayor George Forster, sitting the the driver's seat of a car, during the Knights of Columbus Shrine Softball Circus event.
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Railroad Tracks at Regent and Monroe Streets

Date: 07 29 1953
Description: Illinois Central railroad tracks at Monroe Street Castle & Doyle Building at Monroe and Regent Street intersection at 1512 Regent Street. The Wisconsin Sta...

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