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Harvey's Union Corners Service Station

Date: 04 08 1954
Description: Service call by Harvey's Standard Service Station to a woman with a flat tire, stranded in a neighborhood. Harvey's service truck has pulled up alongside t...
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Jerry Ball Waxing His Car at Tenney Park

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: Jerry Ball of Portage waxes his car at Tenney Park during his break from work. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: Two Madison Gas and Electric Company workmen checking pipes on Main Street in downtown Madison after two gas blasts and fires rocked downtown Madison, kill...
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: Workmen from Madison Gas and Electric Company work on Main Street at the Capitol Square to check for gas leaks after two explosions rocked downtown Madison...
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: A Madison Gas and Electric Company worker probing for gas leaks with a meter on the Capitol Square after two explosions rocked downtown Madison, killing tw...
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Monroe Street Detour

Date: 05 20 1958
Description: A line of cars driving on Cross Street with some Dudgeon school students walking on the side of the street while four blocks of Monroe street from Western ...
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Smashed Store Windows on State Street

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: Glass workers repair damage to 14 store windows on State Street after John O'Connor smashed them during the night and stole items from Goodman's Jewelry St...
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Painting Norbert Anderson's Home

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: Norbert Anderson's friends who pitched in to help paint his home at 1522 Jefferson Street. Checking out their painting job are, from left; Joe Frye; Lorin ...
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Painting Norbert Anderson's Home

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: Overhead view of Norbert Anderson's friends who pitched in to help paint his home at 1522 Jefferson Street. At right, Kenneth Jones demonstrates his painti...
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Painting Norbert Anderson's Home

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: View through window of Norbert Anderson's friends who pitched in to help paint his home at 1522 Jefferson Street. At right is James Karns who is standing o...
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Painting Norbert Anderson's Home

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: Norbert Anderson friends who pitched in to help paint his home at 1522 Jefferson Street. View looking up at Roland Wiessinger, who holding a cigarette in o...
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is being shown how to check oil in her car by her son, John, 14. Her other son, Eddie, 11, is watching the process.
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. E.J. Wirka is shown hosing down her car in preparation for a spring washing.

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