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Madison Police Cadet Training

Date: 11 21 1958
Description: Cadet Policeman Daniel Writt is shown receiving training and directing traffic at the State Street corner of Capitol Square, while in the foreground, Donal...
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Mailing Letters from a Car

Date: 01 20 1959
Description: A driver mails a letter in a roadside mailbox from a car on the corner of Monona Avenue and Doty Street. The photograph was taken with a long-lens camera.
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Mrs. Niemczyk, wearing a safety sash, is shown conferring with a policeman. The original caption reads that he is "supervisor of the 49 school crossing gua...
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Reproduction of a 1901 Oldsmobile on Display

Date: 03 11 1959
Description: A reproduction of a 1901 Oldsmobile at Pyramid Motor Company, 434 West Gilman Street. It is owned by Sears Roebuck and Company and is part of an open house...
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Parked Car Rolls Across Carroll Street

Date: 05 11 1957
Description: A parked Buick Super sitting in front of the Karsten's men's shoe store on Carroll Street on the Madison Capitol Square. It had rolled across the street an...
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Fostering Homeless Infants and Children

Date: 05 02 1957
Description: Baby beds, teeter babes, doll buggies, playpens and other equipment are donated by members of the Children's Service Society, a Red Feather agency, for the...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper delivery boy Mathew Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, checks-in with his Wisconsin State Journal district manager Clint Vondoll, who is sitting ...
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First Customer for Doty St. Parking Ramp

Date: 12 13 1957
Description: Automobile at the entrance of the recently opened Doty Street parking ramp. The driver, David O'Neil, is being ushered into the ramp by Traffic Engineer Jo...
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: A Madison Gas and Electric Company worker probing for gas leaks with a meter on the Capitol Square after two explosions rocked downtown Madison, killing tw...
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Former Site of Young's Restaurant

Date: 03 12 1958
Description: Joseph Young standing across the street from his nearly-dismantled Young's Restaurant at 622 West Washington Avenue. The restaurant was operated by Young, ...
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New Dog-catching Vechicle

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: William Wurtzler leans from the window of the city's new dog-catching wagon, a two-door four window, 1958 Ford station wagon. Wurtzler, the son of Police S...
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What to Wear on UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Two Monona Grove high school graduates who are now freshmen at the University of Wisconsin, Dean Wichern and Carolyn Wurz, shown dressed to go to a footbal...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Brakeman R.D. DeRoche pressing the button to deactivate the warning lights as the Illinois Central train passes the intersection with Monroe and Regent Str...
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Driver Education Training

Date: 08 1955
Description: West High School driver education instructor and industrial arts teacher Dalton Hedlund (of 114 Leon Street), is teaching Judy Davis, (left, of 2001 Van Hi...
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Two Small Cars Double Up in One Metered Parking Space

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Two drivers are flipping a coin to determine who feeds the meter with their two small cars squeezed into one parking stall on North Park Street by Bascom H...
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Anti-Vietnam Rally at Memorial Union

Date: 10 18 1963
Description: Large group of students gathered on the steps of the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. Many carry signs urging the U.S. military to leave Vietnam. La...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Three boys are pressing their noses to the window of a pet shop on a busy Monroe Street, while viewing five rabbits. Two boys have their thumbs in their ea...
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Kohler Campaign Caravan Tours Dane County

Date: 08 24 1957
Description: A thirteen-car caravan tours Dane County campaigning for former Governor Walter J. Kohler, the Republican nominee for United States Senator. The caravan is...
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Paint Blast at Pyramid Motors

Date: 09 29 1957
Description: Coroner Michael Malloy standing inside the blast-damaged Pyramid Motors garage at 434 West Gilman street and pointing at a paint can and hot plate that cau...
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Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Patricia Ann Palmer (2) is rescued from an abandoned drainage pipe at Truax Park. A rescue crew member carries her bundled in a blanket to a police car for...

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