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Vere Fiedler

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: Portrait of Vere Fiedler, who recently became the new Madison District highway engineer.
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Joseph C. Jones, Highway Engineer

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: Portrait of Joseph C. Jones, retiring Madison District highway engineer.
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State Capitol Building Electrical System

Date: 10 30 1959
Description: Frank E. Nordeen, a state engineering employee, pointing to the main electric switchboard in the State Capitol building basement, while standing next to an...
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Dane County Highway Commissioner

Date: 11 11 1959
Description: Portrait of Dane County highway commissioner, Ray R. Swann.
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Land Survey Corners Marked

Date: 02 02 1960
Description: The Madison Redevelopment Authority joined in the city's program of locating and permanently marking land survey corners in the Madison area. Here they mar...
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Engineers' Day Dinner

Date: 05 06 1960
Description: Group portrait of six men widely known in engineering and industry, who were presented with distinguished service citations by the University of Wisconsin ...
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We Saw You at Air Power Banquet

Date: 11 01 1960
Description: Shown in center is Major Alexander P. de Seversky, pioneer in aeronautical design and engineering, and speaker at the Air Power banquet at the Wisconsin Me...
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High School Teachers Honored by Engineering Society

Date: 04 08 1961
Description: Three high school teachers are honored by the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers at a luncheon in Madison. Left to right are: Herbert Williams, Ne...
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Engineers Honored

Date: 04 07 1961
Description: Two men posing holding plaques. The original caption states: "Happy winners, Arthur Behling, Milwaukee, left, and G.D. Simonds, Clintonville, displaying aw...
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Madison Traffic Engineering Department Receives Award From the National Safety Council

Date: 08 17 1961
Description: The Madison Traffic Engineering Department receives a certificate of commendation from the National Safety Council. Shown (L-R) are John Bunch, Madison tra...
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Wisconsin Engineer's Day at the University of Wisconsin

Date: 05 01 1964
Description: Dr. Harold Goldberg, center, research director in engineering, is shown chatting with (left to right): Arno Lenz, U.W. professor of civil engineering; Fred...
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Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Project

Date: 08 13 1965
Description: H.O. Lord, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District chief engineer, outlining the existing sewerage district on a map. Lord is trying to educate the public c...
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Postal Loading Dock Inside Tent

Date: 12 07 1965
Description: Two postal workers arranging mail carts full of "yule mail" inside of a large canvas tent. The men working are George DeVoe, left, a superintendent enginee...
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Stanley Sadler, Chief Engineer at WMTV

Date: 09 1955
Description: Stanley Sadler (b.1905-d.1969) posing with a camera. Sadler is chief engineer at the WMTV station in Madison.
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Scenes from a Day with a Hotel Bell Captain

Date: 09 1955
Description: Bell captain of the Loraine Hotel, Tony Juisto, checking out a leaky faucet in a room's bathroom with the hotel engineer Charles Duggin.
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U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 08 1957
Description: Image shows seven men in a U.W. research lab posing with a life-sized model of a satellite. Professor Verner Suomi of the meteorology department led a team...
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City of Madison Merit Award Presentation

Date: 08 28 1958
Description: Madison traffic engineer John H. Bunch, left, displays his check as a merit award for suggesting the installation of an automatic warning for tall trucks a...

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