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Bus Passengers

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Description: Interior view of passengers riding a Madison City Railway Company bus.
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Red Cross Blood Bank Donors

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Group of 67 people from Viola, Wisconsin, who came by bus to donate blood to the American Red Cross Blood Bank.
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Red Cross Blood Bank Donors

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Group of 22 people from Wilton, Wisconsin, who came by bus to donate blood to the American Red Cross Blood Bank.
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...
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Badger Bus Line

Date: 06 05 1946
Description: Lorraine Thelen shown boarding one of the "fast express" buses operating between Madison and Milwaukee by Badger Coaches, Inc. The driver shown is Bill Bes...
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Badger Bus Line

Date: 06 05 1946
Description: Henry Murphy washing the Badger Bus Line, Inc. coach that he drives between Madison and Milwaukee.
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Greyhound Bus Accident Scene

Date: 08 17 1946
Description: Skid-path of the Greyhound bus that crashed on Highway 12 about 2 miles east of Madison. The bus left the highway, plunged 200 feet along a ditch, hit a d...
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Greyhound Bus Accident Scene

Date: 08 17 1946
Description: Several bystanders are observing the damage to a Greyhound bus turned over on its side as the result of an accident on Highway 12 about 2 miles east of Mad...
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Cab-Bus Collision

Date: 08 26 1946
Description: Overturned taxicab, after collision with a city bus at the corner of Regent and Mills Street, injuring four people. Also shows a crowd of people looking on...
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Madison City Bus

Date: 08 01 1947
Description: Interior view looking toward the back of a Madison Bus Company's new 35 foot bus which seats 45 people. Above the windows are advertising posters.
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Madison Bus Company

Date: 08 01 1947
Description: The Madison Bus Company's new 45 seat bus shown with company officials and former employees formerly associated with the Madison Railways Company, the pred...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Soap Box Derby entrants just before the big race. Approximately forty-five young boys entered the competition, in which the winner will receive the city ch...
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Centennial Fair in Milwaukee Attendees

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: Preparing to board a bus to attend the Wisconsin Centennial in Milwaukee are left to right: Ann Seibold, West High School orchestra, Beth Mitchell, all-sta...
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Union Bus Depot Display of Books

Date: 02 15 1949
Description: Doris Peterson of Dodgeville, and Niles Ernst of Green Bay, look over the display of pocket editions of books operated by John C. Leonard at the Union Bus ...
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Union Bus Station

Date: 04 28 1949
Description: Elevated view across street towards the Union Bus Station, 122 West Washington Avenue, with closed depot doors during a strike of the Northland Greyhound b...
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Badger Bus Coach

Date: 04 28 1949
Description: A Badger Bus Company bus picking up passengers on Fairchild Street due to the Union Bus Station being closed because of a Northland Greyhound Bus strike.
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Flooding at Nakoma Bus Stop

Date: 03 13 1950
Description: A woman is standing at a bus stop at the end of Monroe Street, the entrance to Nakoma, where puddles from melting snow cause water from passing traffic to ...
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Marquette School Girl Scouts Ready for Trip to Milwaukee

Date: 04 11 1950
Description: Twenty-one members of the Marquette School Girl Scout troop pose by a bus for a trip to Milwaukee.
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Newsboys Bus Trip

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: 101 Madison Newspapers, Inc. carrier boys from Madison and southwestern Wisconsin stand by three charter buses before the start of their trip to the Memori...
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"Let's Go North For A South Victory"

Date: 08 17 1950
Description: Three students and two adults are shown making arrangements for the chartering of a bus to take Madison high school students on a chaperoned trip to Green ...

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