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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is shown telling about her first experience with parallel parking of her car. She said: "I never thought I could parallel park."
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is showing and explaining her first experience with parallel parking with gestures and turning her head. Her words: "I turned the wheel fa...
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is shown gesturing to explain her first experience with parallel parking her car. She said: "And, somehow, I got in the space with no troub...
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Easter Church-Goers

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: Marvin and Ruth Foster and their children Deborah and David en route to Bethel Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday.
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Return Gifts to Downtown Madison Stores

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Traffic crowds Madison downtown streets and parking stalls as shoppers return or exchange unwanted Christmas gifts.
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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: A solitary woman is carrying an umbrella while crossing the street at the intersection of South Carroll and Main Streets. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in...
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We Saw You . . . Directing Traffic

Date: 08 09 1957
Description: Madison Police Patrolman Joseph Jones (1148 Jenifer Street) is standing in the intersection of busy West Dayton Street and Randall Avenue as he directs onc...
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Parked Patrol Cars Effective

Date: 09 08 1957
Description: A motorist-eye view through the windshield towards a State Highway Patrol car parked beside a Wisconsin highway. The photographer, sitting in the backseat ...
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Hoyt School Addition

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: View towards the exterior of a two-story addition to Hoyt School (on Regent Street near Hoyt Park). There are mounds of ground rubble near trees, and a car...
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Site of New St. James Catholic School

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: Construction work begins for the new school next to St. James Catholic Church. The two-story structure will include 12 classrooms and a gymnasium.
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Winter Snowstorm in Madison

Date: 01 22 1958
Description: Pedestrians buck a stiff headwind walking along the Capitol square during a winter snowstorm that brought a 5-inch snowfall and stiff winds in Madison.
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We Saw You . . . Doing Something or Other

Date: 03 12 1959
Description: Jerry Clarke, 217 Division Street, and William Frosch, 1134 Pauline Street, employees of Olson Glass Company, 625 Williamson Street, install a glass pane i...
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Student Studying on a Balmy Spring Day

Date: 04 16 1959
Description: Craig Penrith studies in the front seat of his car with the top rolled down and his shoes off in Vilas Park.
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Youth on View - Teenage Drivers

Date: 04 22 1959
Description: John Michaelis, president of the Lancers Auto Club, is shown opening the car door for Carla Mueller. The purpose of the club is to uphold a good reputation...
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Youth on View - Teenage Drivers

Date: 04 22 1959
Description: Many teenage drivers learn to drive in the summer driving education courses. Sue Hubbard, a student of the course, is shown explaining the parts of an engi...
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Youth on View - Teenage Drivers

Date: 04 22 1959
Description: To emphasize the usefulness of teenage driving clubs, Tom Cox, a member of the Cambusters Auto Club, is shown assisting a visitor from Elkhorn.
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Dream House Built from Plans in Newspaper

Date: 11 29 1960
Description: The four-level home built from plans in the Wisconsin State Journal by Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. (Schim) Elliott as their "dream home" at 526 Edward st...
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K & O Transfer Truck

Date: 12 16 1954
Description: Four men standing in front of a K & O Transfer truck pulling a long flatbed at an unknown location. They are right behind a building and down a back alley ...
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Hilldale Shopping Center Construction

Date: 04 03 1962
Description: View looking south from the Shorewood bluff of the Hilldale Shopping Center under construction. Apartments and houses in the Hill Farms neighborhood are in...
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Carson Gulley at His New Restaurant

Date: 09 12 1962
Description: Local celebrity chef, Carson Gulley, posing with the sign for his new restaurant and catering firm at 5522 University Avenue.

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