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Madison old Central Fire Station

Date: 1900
Description: Madison old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster St. Three men driving horse-drawn ladder trucks in front of Madison Fire Station, 10 S. Webs...
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers Trip

Date: 06 16 1953
Description: 46 Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys, 17 from Madison and 29 from the area — all winners of a recent magazine subscription contest — leave Madison by bu...
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Newsboys Bus Trip

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: 101 Madison Newspapers, Inc. carrier boys from Madison and southwestern Wisconsin stand by three charter buses before the start of their trip to the Memori...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Houses along a Madison residential street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal on their paper route.
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Row of two-story houses along the newspaper route in a Madison neighborhood, where the carriers throw their papers to the doorstep.
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Houses along a Madison neighborhood street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal. One house on this paper route has a front yard enclos...
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Madison Newspaper Carrier Boys

Date: 08 24 1959
Description: Group portrait of about 200 newspaper carrier boys posed in front of a school bus for the Madison Newspaper, Inc. Chosen for attributes such as promptness,...
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Newspaper Carriers Trip to Indianapolis Race

Date: 05 29 1952
Description: One hundred eighteen newspaper carrier boys ready to board four buses in front of the Madison Newspaper building on Carroll Street for a trip to Indianapol...
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Capital Times Newspaper Carrriers

Date: 06 16 1933
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Capital Times newspaper carriers.
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Capital Times Newspaper Carriers

Date: 06 12 1933
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Capital Times newspaper carriers. In the background is a church building on the left, and a water tower on the right.
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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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Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1954
Description: Portrait of the eleven Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers who won three-day trips to Chicago and Milwaukee in a subscription contest sponsor...
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Newspaper Carriers Tour to Washington, D.C.

Date: 04 03 1961
Description: Fifty-one Wisconsin State Journal carriers are ready to board the bus to take them to Washington, D.C. for a four-day tour.
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 09 03 1957
Description: Newspaper boy Mathew Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, placing a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal behind a screen door of a private residence.
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Three Wisconsin State Journal newspaper boys. They are standing on a city sidewalk by parking meters with satchels slung over their shoulders and pa...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper delivery boy Sidney Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, collecting money for the delivery subscription of the Wisconsin State Journal from custome...
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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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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Brothers Malcolm, Mathew and Sidney Bourne discussing their finances as newspaper delivery boys with their mother, Mrs. Bailey Bourne, at their home on Lat...
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Newsboy Selling V-E Day Newspaper to Soldier

Date: 05 07 1945
Description: Tom Miller, of 1815 Vilas Avenue, a newsboy for the "Wisconsin State Journal," selling an "extra" edition of the newspaper to Sgt. Ralph Jacobson, announci...
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Subscription Contest Winners

Date: 06 23 1959
Description: 44 young carrier salesmen for the Wisconsin State Journal posing in front of a bus that will take them off "for three days packed full of fun in Chi...

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