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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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Grandson Arriving by Airplane to Visit Grandparents

Date: 07 26 1950
Description: Ricky Pollock of Arlington, Virginia, steps off the plane at the Madison airport for a visit with his grandparents, Charles and Anna Pollock.
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Passenger Train at Russian Railroad Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people at a railroad platform near the "Imperial train" used by the Root Commission as they traveled through Russia.
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Top Carriers Leave on Washington Trip

Date: 05 18 1956
Description: Thirty carrier boys for Madison Newspapers wave goodbye before leaving on a train for a four-day vacation trip to Washington D.C. These boys won the trip b...
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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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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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We Saw You Being Good Neighbors

Date: 07 28 1960
Description: Joseph E. O'Brien (center) and his daughter, Mary Beth, 8, are shown at their Shorewood Hills home visiting with South American labor union leaders. Carlos...
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We Saw You Being Good Neighbors

Date: 07 28 1960
Description: Elizabeth O'Brien and her daughter, Lu Ann, 4, are shown in their Shorewood Hills home extending hospitality to visiting labor union leaders Juan Duran Mar...
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We Saw You Being Good Neighbors

Date: 07 28 1960
Description: One-year-old David O'Brien reaches for the mustache of visitor Carlos Guillermo Perez Donoso from Chile. Senor Donoso is a labor union leader visiting the ...
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Newspaper Carriers Visit Milwaukee for Braves-Cardinals Game

Date: 07 02 1954
Description: Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers attend a Milwaukee Braves versus St. Louis Cardinals baseball game at Milwaukee County Stadium. Four carriers st...
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Newspaper Carriers Leave for Washington D.C.

Date: 08 16 1954
Description: Seen left to right are Madison Newspapers Inc. newsboys Richard Klinger, Mike Campbell, and Chuck Misky (all from Platteville) and Tom Blanchard (of Poynet...
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Newspaper Carriers Leave for Washington D.C.

Date: 08 16 1954
Description: Madison Newspapers Inc. newsboy John Pertzborn gives his mother, Margaret Pertzborn, a goodbye hug before boarding the train for a week in the nation's cap...
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Freight on Railroad Right of Way

Date: 05 1935
Description: Elevated view of men working with the freight thrown off along the railroad right of way. Trunks and crates and barrels are arranged on a tarp in the backg...
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Fishing Trip

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men are standing in front of the Holt family home on Main Street. Several of the men are holding fishing poles, and they appear ready to go on a...
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Esther Van Wagoner Tufty Leaving La Guardia Field

Date: 1948
Description: Typed note with photograph reads: "Pan American World Airways Photo, To Write on Tension in Germany, Miss Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Washington newspaper co...
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Esther Van Wagoner Tufty in Hawaii

Date: 1952
Description: Typewritten note on Royal Hawaiian stationery reads: "Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Washington D.C. war correspondent ...

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