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Safety Patrol Boys

Date: 05 19 1937
Description: Harry Stiles and Converse Hettinger, two school safety patrol boys from Portage, Wisconsin, on their way to a national safety patrol conclave in Washington...
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Anti-Tuberculosis Traveling Exhibit

Date: 1935
Description: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association traveling health exhibit. Long bus with Tuberculosis information displayed and a crowd gathered.
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Aerial View of a Capitol Square Intersection

Date: 05 05 1947
Description: Aerial view of Main, King, and Pinckney Streets intersection on Madison's Capitol Square. View is looking south down Pinckney Street. Kresge's, 27 East Mai...
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Father Groppi and Vel Phillips on Hood of Bus

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Description: Father James Groppi speaking through a megaphone from the hood of a bus. Groppi stands with Alderperson Vel Phillips. Several of the people in the assemble...
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Dreyfus and the "Red Vest Whistle-Stop Special" Bus

Date: 07 31 1978
Description: When he began his campaign for Governor, few people felt that Lee Sherman Dreyfus would be successful. Although his campaign was underfunded, he attracted...
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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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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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Cuban Revolution Parade

Date: 1959
Description: Parade in Havana, Cuba celebrating the success of the Cuban Revolution. Soldiers holding flags, guns and a newspaper are riding on top of a truck. The side...
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Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1954
Description: Portrait of the eleven Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers who won three-day trips to Chicago and Milwaukee in a subscription contest sponsor...
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Eau Claire Transportation Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Eau Claire Transportation Company, "urban passenger carriers," with a three-quarter view of a red and yellow city bus marked "Olson Stree...
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Michael Dukakis in Wisconsin

Date: 1988
Description: Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis campaigning in northern Wisconsin.
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Elevated View of Fire Prevention Week Parade

Date: 1971
Description: View looking down on a Fire Prevention Week Parade on a city street. A fire engine, and parade floats towed by International Scouts and Travelalls, are tra...
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Elevated View of Fire Safety Prevention Week Parade

Date: 1971
Description: Elevated view of a Fire Safety Prevention Week Parade. The picture is taken looking at the front of the parade, and persons with flags, a marching band, an...
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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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IH Model 1603 School Bus in Puerto Rico

Date: 1969
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes. It shows students wearing school uniforms and h...
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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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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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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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Michael Petyo with a News Reporter

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Michael Petyo is shaking hands with a reporter from 12 News, as a camera operator is filming them. Petyo is wearing a suit and a red flower pin. Another ma...
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Donald Trump Bus

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View across intersection towards a large black bus in front of the U.W. Milwaukee Panther Arena. On the bus is an advertisement for Donald Trump's book ...

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