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Scout Mail Truck

Date: 1961
Description: A mail carrier leans out the side of a Scout 80 mail truck to hand letters to children waiting at a mailbox.
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Circus Parade Calliope Truck

Date: 07 04 1963
Description: A calliope truck with text reading "Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. Presents / A Day in Old Milwaukee / July 4th / Featuring Schlitz Circus Parade" drives down a ...
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Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Cowboys Bobby Lee and Patt Keeley, and cowgirl Kattie Keeley, join the parade during the Fourth of July celebration.
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Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Jane Ostrem and Susan Behnke display their decorated doll buggies in the Maple Bluff Fourth of July parade.
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Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: The youngsters of Maple Bluff are in the section of the Fourth of July parade called Summer Sports.
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Westmorland Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Proud parents wait for their children at the end of the Westmorland Fourth of July parade.
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Westmorland Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: At the end of the Westmorland Fourth of July parade each child was given a ticket for free refreshments donated by the community. Fathers are helping their...
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Man Operating 560 Hough Pay Loader

Date: 1972
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man operating a 560 Hough Pay Loader. C&M Enterprises, excavation contractors, are using two Hough Pay Loaders: a new 560 and a...
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Man Operating 560 Hough Pay Loader

Date: 1972
Description: Slightly elevated view of a 560 Hough Pay Loader adding material to a dump truck. C&M Enterprises, excavation contractors, are using two Hough Pay Loaders:...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Rickey Holmes, David Dopkins, and Dick Quinlan digging for worms before heading to the Tenney Park lagoon to fish. Dick is using a shovel to overturn wet d...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Emil Thomas taking his beagle, BeBe, on a leash with him to fish. Walking along the dirt shore of the pond at Tenney Park, the dog is pulling on the leash,...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Milwaukee boys, John and David Malec, in Madison to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Louis Malec at 1134 E. Gorham Street. John is fishing on the Yahara River...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Dale Jordan showing a fish, caught fishing with friends at Tenney Park.
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We Saw You . . . Swinging at the Park

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Tommy Eithum (of 754 W. Washington Avenue) is shown playing on a swing at Brittingham Park.
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We Saw You . . . Swinging at the Park

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Mary Jane Caruso (of 780 Gwinnett Court) is shown playing on a swing at Brittingham Park.
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We Saw You . . . Swinging at the Park

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Frank Caruso (of 780 Gwinnett Court) and Larry Bergman (of 744 Gwinnett Court) sharing a swing at Brittingham Park.
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Row of two-story houses along the newspaper route in a Madison neighborhood, where the carriers throw their papers to the doorstep.
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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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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Illinois Central flagman R.D. DeRoche walking along the railroad tracks at the Monroe and Regent Streets crossing ahead of the engine after he activated wa...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: After passing the intersection of Monroe and Regent Streets, the brakeman gets back on the train for the trip to Freeport on the Illinois Central Railroad.

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