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Service Station Attendent with Fotoscope

Date: 02 25 1960
Description: Harold Keller holds a Fotoscope which indicates when engine oil needs changing.
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Learning to Drive

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Two teens and their instructor lean in under the open hood of an automobile to learn about its engine. Alf Koppedal (left) and Stewart Christensen (center)...
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"Reliable Power"

Date: 1924
Description: View of front of young girl standing at the side of a Fordson farm machinery. A sign on the tractor reads: "Reliable Power. Over 200 Dane County farmers ar...
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Daylight Savings Time

Date: 04 28 1961
Description: Charles J. Seipel resets clocks in his jewelry store at 1803 Monroe Street prior to the switch to daylight savings time.
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler uses a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded throu...
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Lakeside Street

Date: 1925
Description: View across street looking west towards the north side of West Lakeside Street. Three known businesses are the South Side State Bank (3rd from the left), U...
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Piper's Garden Cafeteria

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Description: View across street towards Piper's Garden Cafeteria, at 120 East Mifflin Street, in the original building with church-style windows. There is a sign for a ...
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Capital City Auto Radiator Works

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Description: View from intersection at East Washington Avenue and Webster street, of the building at 121-123 E. Washington. The street has streetcar tracks. On the side...
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Clerks in Storehouse of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Date: 09 1974
Description: Elevated view of two clerks wearing aprons working in the storehouse of the thrift store. One man is reupholstering an old armchair, and the other man is h...
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George Fabian

Date: 05 21 1999
Description: George Fabian at work at his business, Park Street Shoe Repair, at 609 South Park Street. He is wearing a denim apron and is lacing a shoe.
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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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Madison Motors

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Johnson Street towards Madison Motors. Signs in the windows, and on a post near the left side of the building, are advertising Dodge Parts...
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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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Belle Osborn Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Belle Osborn Building, an Art Deco building, which contains three businesses. On the left is The Soap Opera, in the mi...
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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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