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Policeman at Fair Oaks Avenue Accident

Date: 06 30 1931
Description: Policeman and another man (possibly Aldro Wasley) on Fair Oaks Avenue at scene of automobile accident. There is a University Floral Co. truck in background...
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Pigs Loose in Nakoma

Date: 02 25 1947
Description: Four men wrestling with escaped pigs in the backyard of a home in the Nakoma neighborhood. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block o...
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Accident at Park and Regent Streets

Date: 05 24 1948
Description: Injured police ambulance driver Paul Klinglehofer is assisted by Officer C.J. Sparks. Klinglehofer was taken to Madison General Hospital with bruises and s...
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Accident at Park and Regent Streets

Date: 05 24 1948
Description: County traffic officers Ray Case (left) and Henry Gerry are placing Elmer C. Evans, with head and face lacerations, in an ambulance to take him to the Jack...
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William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
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Aerial View of State Reformatory

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Description: Aerial view includes farm and orchards, surrounded by neighborhoods. A water tower is on the upper left half.
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Bicycle Test for Marquette School Student

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Side view of a Marquette School student being tested for riding skills in front of the school at 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is along Spaight St...
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Ray Case And Bloodhound

Date: 05 06 1949
Description: Ray Case, former County Traffic Officer, walks down a cobblestone walkway with his bloodhound, Bounding Bessie. The dog was used to trail an escaped jewel ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby view of the crowd watching the race in front of Water Works, corner of East Gorham and North Hancock Streets. Motorcycle Officer, C....
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Dane County Police Ambulance

Date: 05 11 1950
Description: A deputy stands beside a Dane County Police Ambulance parked on a residential street.
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Dane County Police Ambulance

Date: 05 11 1950
Description: A deputy sheriff loads a person on a gurney into the back of a new Dane County police ambulance.
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Shorewood Hills Dog Trial

Date: 05 16 1951
Description: Edwin Conrad, Shorewood Hills Justice of the Peace, acts as presiding judge in the trial of Sandy, a collie dog owned by Russell Nelson, who is accused of ...
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Circus Parade Calliope Truck

Date: 07 04 1963
Description: A calliope truck with text reading "Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. Presents / A Day in Old Milwaukee / July 4th / Featuring Schlitz Circus Parade" drives down a ...
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General Town View, Hillsboro, Texas

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Description: Elevated view looking out across town buildings to a plain beyond. The Hill County Jail can be seen to the right of the main street; it was constructed in ...
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Residence of George H. Large Family

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Description: Exterior of the home of the George H. Large family, an elaborate, neo-classical residence featuring an ionic colonnaded porch. An archway near the sidewal...
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Pro-Life Demonstrators

Date: 1979
Description: A group of pro-life demonstrators holding protest signs assembled to greet President Jimmy Carter during a visit to Wausau. The group is confined behind ba...
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Welcome Peace President Jimmy Carter

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter's visit meant extra duty for the local police force. An elevated sign in the background reads "Newman High School, Welcome, Peace Pr...
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Cows on Ice

Date: 03 28 1960
Description: While en route from Oregon prison farm to Oscar Mayer and Co., three cows were frightened by an ambulance siren on the 700 block of West Washington Avenue ...
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Walker's Point Neighborhood Funeral

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Description: View down a snowy street. Men and women, one with a baby, are bundled up against the snowy winter weather, and are lining both sides of the street. Carriag...
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Police Chase for Bandit

Date: 12 07 1962
Description: The overturned car in front of Millins Supermarket on Monroe Street belonged to William Matthias. He hit a lamppost and flipped the car while trying to avo...

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