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Royal Airport

Date: 05 05 1932
Description: Two airplane pilots and a third man are standing in front of a Northwest Airways air mail plane at Madison's Royal Airport. There are automobiles parked ne...
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Dane County Highway Police Squad Cars

Date: 03 11 1940
Description: Four Dane County Highway Police Ford squad cars, with one officer standing next to the cars.
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Dane County Highway Police Squad Cars

Date: 03 19 1940
Description: Four Dane County Highway Police Ford squad cars with one officer standing next to each car.
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Dane County Highway Police Squad Cars

Date: 03 19 1940
Description: Four Dane County Highway Police Ford squad cars, with one officer standing next to each car.
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Dane County Traffic Police

Date: 05 26 1934
Description: Dane County traffic officers standing next to new Ford V8 automobiles and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
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Dane County Traffic Police & Cycles

Date: 05 26 1934
Description: Dane County traffic police officers on their new Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
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Goodyear Service Employees and NRA Sign

Date: 08 01 1933
Description: Group portrait of 13 Goodyear Service employees. Includes one woman, and nine men in uniform, posing in front of a store window with an NRA (National Recov...
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West High School Football Squad

Date: 09 14 1932
Description: Group portrait of the West High School football squad in uniform taken outside. Also shows houses at 1 S. Vista Road and 2301 Regent Street.
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West High School Football Team

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the West High School football team. Houses are on a hill in the background, and automobiles are parked in front of them.
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3F Steam Laundry Delivery Service

Date: 07 07 1931
Description: 3F Steam Laundry, 731 University Avenue, offered its customers the convenience of picking up and delivering laundry in the company's Chevrolet.
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Parade of the Knights Templar

Date: 10 14 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Knights Templar parade south on Carroll Street during the Wisconsin Commandery convention.
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Amateur Baseball in the Park

Date: 1938
Description: The catcher squats as the batter gets ready to swing at a pitch while the umpire looks on. This image was taken as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project...
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Capitol Square

Date: 1933
Description: Two police officers, one on a motorcycle with sidecar on the corner of Mifflin and Carroll Street, on the Capitol Square. A large Santa Claus cutout is lo...
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Loganville Bank Robbery

Date: 02 24 1947
Description: Madison Police Officers (left to right): John Sweeney; Ervin Grahn; and George Cross; pictured at the Madison Police Station garage in front of a bank robb...
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Police Officer Robert O'Brien on Motorcycle

Date: 03 08 1947
Description: Robert O'Brien, police officer on motorcycle, in front of Police Station.
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Courteous Driver of the Week

Date: 03 28 1947
Description: Pictured are Lawrence E. Bowers, seated in his car, and police officer, Robert O'Brien, who is giving Mr. Bowers an award for courteous driving. Mr. Bowers...
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State Eagles Convention Parade

Date: 06 26 1948
Description: Milwaukee Aerie Eagles Conventioneers marching in their 46th annual parade, on East Mifflin Street. Manchester's store, at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue a...
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State Eagles Convention Parade

Date: 06 26 1948
Description: Kenosha Aerie Eagles Conventioneers marching in their 46th annual parade, on East Mifflin Street. Manchester's store, at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and...
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Crashed Automobile

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: Crashed automobile on tow truck, with traffic officer, Russell Klitzman, and deputy sheriff, Eldon Johnson, viewing the car.
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Children Line Up for Free Movie

Date: 08 27 1948
Description: Children lined up on sidewalk in front of L. Wieman Co. Store, 205-07 State Street, to attend a free back-to-school movie party at the Capitol Theatre. In ...

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