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AAA Tour Cars
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Men doing a periodic rotation of the synthetic and recapped tires on one of the two cars parked in front of the Park Hotel, and participating in the American Automobile Association (AAA), the 25,000 mile "Keep 'Em Rolling" tire safety tour.
May 14, 1944
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Monona Tire Company
July 1944
Two men looking at an automobile's tires at Monona Tire Company, 128 South Pinckney Street.
AAA Dual Control Training Car
June 27, 1950
The Madison board of education's summer driving program for high school students acquires another American Automobile Association (AAA) dual control car, a Chevrolet. Pictured with the car right to...
American Automobile Association
September 18, 1950
The American Automobile Association sponsored a campaign for safety at the fall opening of the schools with posters announcing "School's Open," displayed here by a police officer and two representa...
Driver Education at East High School
June 18, 1956
Twelve men are posing in front of over twenty similar automobiles parked in two neat lines on pavement in back of East High School. The men are auto dealers who have loaned cars or leaders of the d...
Couple at High School Sorority Dance
February 12, 1944
Anne Lunde and Lyle Larson arriving at a Beta Gamma Chi and Mu Delta Chi high school sorority dance at the Loraine Hotel.
Comstock Inc. Tire Building
March 1961
Exterior view from street of the Comstock Inc. Tires building at 102 North Park Street. The business sells Firestone tires.
