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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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Madison Newspaper Carrier Boys

Date: 08 24 1959
Description: Group portrait of about 200 newspaper carrier boys posed in front of a school bus for the Madison Newspaper, Inc. Chosen for attributes such as promptness,...
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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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Youth For Christ Delegates

Date: 12 31 1959
Description: 26 of the 33 Madison area youths who attended evangelist Billy Graham's three-day Youth for Christ Convention in Washington, D.C. posing for a group portra...
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Travelers' Aid Helps Young Man

Date: 04 1960
Description: When this young man arrived in Madison for a spring vacation visit and no one met him at the bus station, Travelers' Aid stepped in to help. Travelers' Aid...
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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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Firemen Treat Handicapped Children to Braves Game

Date: 08 10 1960
Description: Madison firemen from Station No. 3 at 1217 Williamson Street, along with their wives, took 32 handicapped children to the Braves-Los Angeles baseball game ...
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Firemen Treat Handicapped Children to Braves Game

Date: 08 10 1960
Description: Madison firemen from Station No. 3 at 1217 Williamson Street, along with their wives, took 32 handicapped children to the Braves-Los Angeles baseball game ...
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Little League Baseball Players Leave for Milwaukee Braves-San Francisco Giants Game

Date: 08 13 1960
Description: More than 350 Little League baseball players are waiting in front of Monona Grove High School for the seven chartered buses which will take them to the Mil...
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Janesville Rotary Club Entertains University of Wisconsin, Beloit, and Milton College Foreign Students

Date: 02 11 1961
Description: Ninety-two foreign students attending the U.W., Beloit, and Milton Colleges representing 35 countries took buses to Janesville where they were guests of th...
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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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Scandinavian Trade Delegation Visits Madison

Date: 04 04 1964
Description: A Scandinavian trade delegation of 25 Norwegian businessmen and journalists visit Madison to publicize the inaugural flight of Scandinavian Airlines System...
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University of Wisconsin Student Exchange with University of Illinois

Date: 04 02 1965
Description: Five University of Wisconsin students boarding a bus for the University of Illinois with the first student exchange between the two Big 10 schools. 20 boys...
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School Buses

Date: 09 02 1965
Description: Man standing in front of a row of school buses.
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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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Greyhound Executive Inspection Tour

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated) using a mobile phone as Arthur Genet, president of the Greyhound Corp. looks on. They are inside a Greyhound Scenicruiser bus...
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Greyhound Executive Inspection Tour

Date: 07 10 1957
Description: Four men seated at a table inside a customized Greyhound Scenicruiser bus. They are: Arthur Genet (center right), president of the Grayhound Corporation; M...
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Madison Drum & Bugle Corps Trip

Date: 08 22 1957
Description: Members of the Boy Scout Corps posing for a group portrait prior to leaving on a trip to Florida to compete in the VFW national competition. The Scouts are...
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Three girls chatting and laughing as they ride the school bus. Other students are seen at the back of the bus.
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Child with his coat hood up is riding alone on the backseat of the school bus. The girl in the foreground is wearing ear muffs.

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