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Learning to Drive

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Two young people are examining a wall chart depicting traffic lanes, cross walks, and intersections. There are movable adhesive rectangles representing car...
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Snow Storm through the Windshield

Date: 01 06 1962
Description: View of a snow storm through a windshield of an automobile while driving west down State Street. This was the first snow storm of the new year with 4 inche...
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Emma Schoelkopf Driving a Ford

Date: 1907
Description: View from street towards Emma Schoelkopf who is driving a Ford automobile. On a tree behind her is a sign reading "School Grounds, Safety First, Autos Driv...
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Emma Schoelkopf in a Ford Touring Car

Date: 1914
Description: Emma Schoelkopf is sitting in the driver's seat of a Ford touring car. She is wearing a light-colored summer dress and smiling. Emma, the wife of Louis Sch...
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Pedestrians

Date: 01 29 1964
Description: No Place for Love — All the world loves a lover — but not when he's a pedestrian crossing a street. It is, however, the motorist whipping by that is gettin...
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Traffic Safety School Graduate

Date: 04 14 1964
Description: Judge William L. Buenzil, right, presents a final "report card" to Stephen Eisle who is the one thousandth graduate of the Dane County traffic school. Pers...
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Breathalyzer Test Demonstration

Date: 05 14 1964
Description: James Cowan drinking beer in preparation for a demonstration of police breathylizer tests and reactions of alcohol on potential drivers. The test program w...
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Breathalyzer Test Demonstration

Date: 05 14 1964
Description: James Cowan touches his nose after drinking beer in preparation for a demonstration of police breathylizer tests and reactions of alcohol on potential driv...
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Women Rescued from Car That Sinks into Lake Monona

Date: 04 22 1965
Description: Miss Kris Natvig, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Natvig, 902 W. Shore Drive, rescued Mrs. Clifford D. Kenison moments before her car sunk into Monon...
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Driver Education Class, Madison Vocational, Technical and Adult Schools

Date: 05 26 1965
Description: Mrs. Robert (Barbara) Viken, 4803 Buckeye Road, taking behind-the-wheel driver training with Jerry Maynard, the instructor. Mrs. Norbert (Delores) Meier, 2...
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State Street and the Wisconin State Capitol

Date: 1957
Description: View up State Street towards the Wisconsin State Capitol taken from the West Johnson Street intersection. Businesses include the Orpheum Theatre, Arenz, an...
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Albert G. Zimmerman with Horsless Carriage on Rustic Bridge

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Description: View looking towards A.G. Zimmerman driving a horseless carriage, or early automobile over a rustic bridge. The bridge has board flooring and railings made...
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State and Gorham Streets

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Description: View from front of a man driving a car with a dog sitting in the passenger seat.
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Dog and Driver 02

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Description: View from front of a man driving a car with a dog sitting in the passenger seat near State and Gorham Streets.
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Women's Transit Authority

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Description: A driver sitting in the driver's seat is talking on the car radio while awaiting passengers for the Women's Transit Authority. The WTA was a sexual assault...
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View of Gisholt real estate from the opposite side of the street. Over the door of the building is a sign that reads: "Gisholt Machine Co."
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View from median strip across East Washington Avenue towards the Gisholt Factory. In the far background is the Wisconsin Sate Capitol.
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View across East Washington Avenue towards the Gisholt factory at the intersection of Baldwin Street. There is an enclosed skybridge (called an "overhead" ...
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Koch Motors

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Johnson Street towards Koch Motors, historically the L.A.A.W. Stables. Signs on the bottom of the garage door (on the right) read: "Sound ...
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We Saw You . . . Directing Traffic

Date: 08 09 1957
Description: Madison Police Patrolman Joseph Jones (1148 Jenifer Street) directs traffic at the intersection of West Dayton Street and Randall Avenue. He has a whistle ...

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