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Madison Vocational and Adult Education School

Date: 01 22 1957
Description: Two machinist apprentices of the Gisholt Machine Company, Earle G. Brooks of 431 Hawthorne Court and Orval Austin Jr. of 1885 East Main Street, learn how t...
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Vere Fiedler

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: Portrait of Vere Fiedler, who recently became the new Madison District highway engineer.
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Joseph C. Jones, Highway Engineer

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: Portrait of Joseph C. Jones, retiring Madison District highway engineer.
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Stanley Sadler, Chief Engineer at WMTV

Date: 09 1955
Description: Stanley Sadler (b.1905-d.1969) posing with a camera. Sadler is chief engineer at the WMTV station in Madison.
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City of Madison Merit Award Presentation

Date: 08 28 1958
Description: Madison traffic engineer John H. Bunch, left, displays his check as a merit award for suggesting the installation of an automatic warning for tall trucks a...
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American Society of Tool Engineers Institute

Date: 11 19 1953
Description: Two attendees listening to a presentation, Fred L. Todd in a pinstripe suit of Madison Vocational School (left), and Dr. A.O. Schmidt holding a drink from ...
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Master Television Engineer Award

Date: 07 13 1954
Description: Presentation of the Master Television Engineer award to Cloren Smith, Chief Engineer at WKOW-TV in Madison. Smith is seen holding a mounted cup on a studio...
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American Society of Tool Engineers Institute

Date: 11 19 1953
Description: Local attendees (left to right) A.J. Mergem and Larry Ellis from Gisholt Machine Company; E.J. Skidmore from Ohio Chemical Company; Fred Kessenich, Madison...
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Madison Vocational School Addition Cornerstone

Date: 05 08 1950
Description: The cornerstone for the million-dollar four-story addition to the Madison Vocational School was laid at the corner of North Carroll and West Dayton Streets...
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William F. Steuber, Jr.

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: Portrait of William F. Steuber, Jr., a highway engineer and author of the novel, "Us, Inc."
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Dane County Highway Commissioner

Date: 11 11 1959
Description: Portrait of Dane County highway commissioner, Ray R. Swann.
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Hungarian Refugee

Date: 02 23 1957
Description: Louis Paxon, an engineer from Los Angeles working for an aerial survey firm in Dane County and also a Hungarian refugee, welcomes the Hungarian refugee Las...
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WIBA Sports Telephones

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: The WIBA automatic telephone system which will give latest baseball scores is tested on first day of operation. Shown testing the phones are Norman Hahn, W...
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Scenes from a Day with a Hotel Bell Captain

Date: 09 1955
Description: Bell captain of the Loraine Hotel, Tony Juisto, checking out a leaky faucet in a room's bathroom with the hotel engineer Charles Duggin.
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State Capitol Building Electrical System

Date: 10 30 1959
Description: Frank E. Nordeen, a state engineering employee, pointing to the main electric switchboard in the State Capitol building basement, while standing next to an...
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American Society of Tool Engineers Institute

Date: 11 19 1953
Description: Discussion at a dinner program. From left to right are: Robert R. Larsen and T.W. Johnson from Marinette; Roy Lindberg, University of Wisconsin; M.S. Phoen...
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American Society of Tool Engineers Institute

Date: 11 19 1953
Description: Four men at coffee break at the Maple Bluff Country Club. From left to right are: Jack Murray and A.G. Hoffner from Gisholt Machine Company; Lt. Richard Go...
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Retiring City Employees

Date: 09 29 1951
Description: Head table at a dinner honoring two retiring city employees, Tim Harrington, City Engineer and Art Lundholm, electrical engineer. Seated, left to right: Ti...
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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 08 1957
Description: Image shows seven men in a U.W. research lab posing with a life-sized model of a satellite. Professor Verner Suomi of the meteorology department led a team...
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Retiring Conductor C.R. Odekirk

Date: 08 30 1957
Description: While standing on the steps of a passenger car, North Western Railway conductor C.R. Odekirk is preparing for his final run on the Dakota 400. He is retiri...

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