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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 10 1952
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby entrant, 11-year-old Billy West, son of Mr. and Mrs. William West of Route 2 in Madison, is shown behind the wheel of a Willys car. ...
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Used Car Super Market

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Exterior of the Madison Motors, Inc. Used Car Super Market, located at 1234 East Washington Avenue. Other businesses include the Clifford Motor Bilsie Dia...
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AAA Dual Control Training Car

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: The Madison board of education's summer driving program for high school students acquires another American Automobile Association (AAA) dual control car, a...
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Auto Buy Week

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen posing with three members of the Madison Automotive Association. From left to right are: Archie Hirst, association secretary; Myron Ca...
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Car Showroom

Date: 03 27 1955
Description: Four new Cadillac automobiles in Pyramid Motor Company showroom, 434 W. Gilman Street.
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Auto Buy Week

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Two Madison automobile dealers confer with B.R. Durkee (center), director of advertising and sales promotion, Chrysler Corp. division. At left is J.P. Gill...
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Portrait of a Man

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Myron J. Caves, owner of Caves Buick, which was located at 21 North Park Street.
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Fleet of Cars for Driver Education Program

Date: 06 17 1957
Description: John McDowell (left), supervisor of summer program for Madison public schools, and Milo Swanton, a member of the AAA advisory committee, stand in front of ...
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Pyramid Motor Company

Date: 11 21 1954
Description: Four salesmen pose near an Oldsmobile car inside the showroom at the Pyramid Motor Company at 434 West Gilman Street.
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Car Slogan Contest Winners

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: Five adults and three children posing in front of a prize new 1957 Chevorlet. On the left is Warner Young, chairman of the Madison Automobile Dealers Assoc...
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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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Clifford Motors Used Car Lot

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Clifford Motors Used Car Lot, 1210 East Washington Avenue. Also included in the view is the United Real Estate office building, 1212 East Washington Avenu...
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Caves Buick

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Portrait of Maynard Burrows, the Sales Manager at Caves Buick Company at 21 North Park Street.
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John Tagget

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Portrait of John Tagget, the Used Car Manager at Caves Buick Company, 21 North Park Street.
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Ken Tewalt

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Portrait of Ken Tewalt, the "Lubricare" technician at Caves Buick Company, 21 North Park Street.
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Plymouth Station Wagon

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: A man hands keys to a woman (possibly Mrs. Howard Radder) while standing in front of a Plymouth station wagon at Gillespie-Blumer Motors, 802 East Washingt...
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Packard Convertible Automobile

Date: 07 15 1953
Description: Four men and "the Caribbean," a new Packard convertible automobile, parked in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Hult Family Party

Date: 12 21 1957
Description: Attendees at a Hult Capital Garage "family" party include, from left: Vey and Lester Simmons; Jarl and Emma Olson; and K. Kogelmann.
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Family Honors New Congressman from Iowa

Date: 11 28 1958
Description: John L. Wolf (right), a Madison automobile salesman from Black Earth, welcomes his brother, Leonard G. Wolf, who is a newly-elected congressman from Iowa.
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25th Anniversary of Kayser Motors

Date: 04 07 1950
Description: A group portrait of the employees of Kayser Motors, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the company. Seated on the far left is Lewis Arms, who was a mech...

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