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Winter Ice Storm

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Pedestrians walking along State Street in freezing drizzle. Neon lighting and street lamps are illuminated and are reflecting off the icy sidewalks.
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Harvey's Union Corners Service Station

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Harvey's Standard Service Station located at 2602 East Washington Avenue (at North Street), featuring their dealership of Atlas tires. A car is pulled up a...
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James Roy Miller, Capital Times Photographer

Date: 04 23 1954
Description: James Roy Miller, photographer for The Capital Times, standing next to a white car advertising "Photography by Edwin Stein, 1417 University Ave." Wi...
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Sears Store Parking Lot

Date: 10 12 1954
Description: View of the large parking lot with several parked cars and a neon sign reading: "Sears Customer Parking."
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: At the crossing at Monroe and Regent Streets, the flagman activates warning lights before the stopped Illinois-Central train proceeds across the crossing. ...
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Carson Gulley at His New Restaurant

Date: 09 12 1962
Description: Local celebrity chef, Carson Gulley, posing with the sign for his new restaurant and catering firm at 5522 University Avenue.
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Parked Patrol Cars Effective

Date: 09 08 1957
Description: A motorist-eye view through the windshield towards a State Highway Patrol car parked beside a Wisconsin highway. The photographer, sitting in the backseat ...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, backing out of a driveway after visiting a rural home in the county.
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University Campus Shoreline Vista

Date: 07 11 1958
Description: A view of Lake Mendota from the end of Park street. F.O. Leiser, general chairman of the class of 1902 has raised the issue of maintaining the lakeshore be...
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Madison Police Cadet Training

Date: 11 21 1958
Description: A police officer instructs two cadets on the operation of radar equipment and the proper way to talk to violators. The officer is holding a tuning fork nea...
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Youth on View - Teenage Drivers

Date: 04 22 1959
Description: Many teenage drivers learn to drive in the summer driving education courses. Sue Hubbard, a student of the course, is shown explaining the parts of an engi...
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is being shown how to check oil in her car by her son, John, 14. Her other son, Eddie, 11, is watching the process.
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Crowd Downtown Madison Sidewalks

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Post-Christmas shoppers exchanging or returning unwanted Christmas gifts crowd downtown Madison sidewalks.

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