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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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Top Carriers Leave on Washington Trip

Date: 05 18 1956
Description: Thirty carrier boys for Madison Newspapers wave goodbye before leaving on a train for a four-day vacation trip to Washington D.C. These boys won the trip b...
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Contest Winner George Byrne

Date: 04 17 1960
Description: George Byrne, center, a Wisconsin State Journal carrier in Brooklyn, arrives at the airport after a twelve day trip to New York, Paris, and London. He won ...
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Flight Crew for the Wisconsin Football Team

Date: 10 07 1948
Description: Group portrait of the flight crew for the University of Wisconsin football team trip to Oakland, California. The crew is pilot J.A. Anderson, Chicago; firs...
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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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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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Eight Carrier Boys

Date: 10 30 1949
Description: Shown are eight Madison area carrier boys for Madison Newspapers who won a trip to Milwaukee to see the Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lion professional footbal...
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Gerald Edgren

Date: 04 14 1951
Description: 17-year-old Gerald Edgren, a newspaper carrier for the Capital Times, won a trip to Detroit and Canada in a magazine and newspaper contest sponsored by the...
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Girl Scouts Off to Round-Up in Colorado

Date: 05 21 1959
Description: Mary Gandt sits with her young charge, Dana Rosenthal, in the sandbox. Mary is babysitting to earn money for the Girl Scout trip to a Round-Up in Colorado.
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Railroad Engineer Charles Thiede with Crew

Date: 11 29 1947
Description: Charles Thiede, 2218 Rusk Street, is shown with his crew members before his last round-trip to Chicago. He is retiring after 41 years with the Chicago Nort...
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Newspaper Carrier

Date: 05 28 1952
Description: Donald Taylor, one of eight individual portraits of newspaper carriers who won a three-day, all-expense paid trip to Indianapolis for the Memorial Day spee...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic diocese as he boards a Chicago-bound train on the first leg of his trip to Rome, where he will report to...
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Newspaper Carrier

Date: 05 28 1952
Description: James Bormett, one of ten individual portraits of newspaper carriers who won a three-day, all-expense paid trip to Indianapolis for the Memorial Day speedw...
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Lake Nebagamon School Students

Date: 06 08 1948
Description: Group portrait of student members of grades five through eight of Lake Nebagamon village school, Douglas County. The students are pictured as they visited ...
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Newspaper Carriers Trip to Indianapolis Race

Date: 05 29 1952
Description: Three newspaper carriers riding in Studebaker duplicate of the official pace car for the Indianapolis 500 mile race in front of the buses that took one hun...
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Newspaper Carriers Visit Milwaukee and See Braves-Cardinals Game

Date: 07 02 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc, newspaper carriers take a bus ride to Milwaukee to see the Braves-Cardinals baseball game. It is a nice, clear day and the road to ...
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Young Columbus Contest Winner

Date: 04 07 1960
Description: Contest winner George Byrne, surrounded by his family, wears an overcoat, white shirt, tie and fedora (hat) while holding a TWA travel bag. The original ca...

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