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Safety Patrol Boys

Date: 05 19 1937
Description: Harry Stiles and Converse Hettinger, two school safety patrol boys from Portage, Wisconsin, on their way to a national safety patrol conclave in Washington...
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Aerial View of a Capitol Square Intersection

Date: 05 05 1947
Description: Aerial view of Main, King, and Pinckney Streets intersection on Madison's Capitol Square. View is looking south down Pinckney Street. Kresge's, 27 East Mai...
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Dreyfus and the "Red Vest Whistle-Stop Special" Bus

Date: 07 31 1978
Description: When he began his campaign for Governor, few people felt that Lee Sherman Dreyfus would be successful. Although his campaign was underfunded, he attracted...
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Union Bus Depot Display of Books

Date: 02 15 1949
Description: Doris Peterson of Dodgeville, and Niles Ernst of Green Bay, look over the display of pocket editions of books operated by John C. Leonard at the Union Bus ...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1954
Description: Portrait of the eleven Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers who won three-day trips to Chicago and Milwaukee in a subscription contest sponsor...
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Subscription Contest Winners

Date: 06 23 1959
Description: 44 young carrier salesmen for the Wisconsin State Journal posing in front of a bus that will take them off "for three days packed full of fun in Chi...
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Wisconsin Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 09 22 1959
Description: Ione Nelson, left and S. Janice Kee are standing next to the Wisconsin Free Library commission's new bookmobile. Ione Nelson is the public library consulta...
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Safety Patrol Members Leave for Washington

Date: 05 11 1960
Description: 32 Madison area school safety patrol members leave from the AAA Office at 103 North Hamilton Street for Washington, D.C. to join the largest Wisconsin dele...
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Newspaper Carriers Tour to Washington, D.C.

Date: 04 03 1961
Description: Fifty-one Wisconsin State Journal carriers are ready to board the bus to take them to Washington, D.C. for a four-day tour.
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Madison Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: The Madison Free Library bookmobile is pulling up in the Lakeview Heights neighborhood, a new city housing development. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus....
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'Outdoor Living Day' in Madison

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: Model Marlyn Sachtjen paddling around in the 16 by 32 foot pool which was constructed on the Capitol Park overlooking State Street. Ruth Andres sits at the...
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Madison Safety Patrol Delegates Prepare to Leave for Washington, D.C.

Date: 05 06 1959
Description: Madison's 31 delegates, representing Madison public and parochial schools, prepare to travel to the Annual National School of Safety patrol assembly in Was...
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Dane County Library Service Bookmobile

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: The Dane County Library Service Bookmobile parked at the McFarland Shopping Center.

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