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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is gesturing to explain her first experience with parallel parking. Title on page is: "A Lady With a Car Can Park Too!"
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is showing and explaining her first experience with parallel parking with gestures and turning her head. Her words: "I turned the wheel fa...
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Dudegon School Picnic

Date: 06 04 1959
Description: Overhead view of the children of Dudegon school on Monroe Street gathered on the front lawn for the annual school picnic. Men and women are standing on the...
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Dangers of Children on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Henry Cuccia, a ninth-grader at Cherokee Heights school, demonstrates "what not to do" on the Illinois Central railroad tracks near the school as he walks ...
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is shown gesturing to explain her first experience with parallel parking her car. She said: "And, somehow, I got in the space with no troub...
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Dangers of Children on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: John and Jane Pike, who live near the Illinois Central railroad tracks, demonstrate for the photographer what they have been told not to do — put stones on...
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Dangers of Children on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Kathy Cramer, an eighth-grader at Cherkokee Heights school demonstrates "what not to do" on the Illinois Central railroad tracks near the school by crossin...
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Ice Cream Brings Quick Young Friends

Date: 05 28 1959
Description: Upwards of 700 children were treated to free ice cream and potato chips by Lawrence Rich (right foreground) at the rear of his grocery store at 2633 Commer...
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Madison Neighborhoods 4th of July Celebrations

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: The 4th of July is celebrated in the Maple Bluff neighborhood with a children's parade, including a banner celebrating "Three Signers of the Declaration of...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: Dr. Jane Hanks, Bennington, Vt. and Sybil Hanks are shown standing in the garden at the Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks house at 525 Wiscons...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: A garden path leading under two trellises in the Hanks Garden at the Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks house, 525 Wisconsin Avenue at Langdon ...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: Nicholas Hanks, family grandson, in the garden at the residence of Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks, 525 Wisconsin Avenue at Langdon Street ...
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Winds Cause Damage

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: Tree damage caused by a squall line wind and rain storm that lashed the Madison area about 8:30 am on Wednesday, Aug. 3rd.
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Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman Walks from Capitol to Home

Date: 08 02 1960
Description: From the Wisconsin State Journal: Wisconsin Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman has walked every weekday after working in the State Capitol, for ...
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Boys with Nets Heading to Catch Frogs in the Lake.

Date: 09 09 1960
Description: Three unidentified boys running down the sidewalk on their way to catching frogs in the lake with their nets.
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New Samuel Gompers Elementary School

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: Tim Garske (age 6), 1332 Monica Lane, points to the new Samuel Gompers Elementary School under construction at 1502 Wyoming Way on the northeast side of Ma...
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Children Playing in Autumn Leaves

Date: 10 21 1960
Description: Five year-old Paula Scharch sitting in a pile of leaves.
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Children Playing in Autumn Leaves

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: Five year-old Paula Scharch, and her brother Stanley, age three, tossing leaves.
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Children Playing in Autumn Leaves

Date: 10 21 1960
Description: From left to right, smiling Gary Winner, Paula Schmarch and Stanley Schmarch, sitting in a pile of leaves.
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Madison Street Department Crew Cleaning Leaves from Gutter

Date: 10 21 1960
Description: A Madison street department crew cleans leaves from the gutter along Mandan Crescent using a leaf vacuum machine as neighborhood children watch. Workers ar...

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