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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Capitol from Wisconsin Avenue, with the United States Federal Courthouse and Post Office on the left, and Madison City Hall and Christ Pres... |
| Date: | 06 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Four Randall School third grade students mail a package containing a scrapbook of stories, poems, art work and photos. It will go to a third grade class in... |
| Date: | 10 26 1949 |
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| Description: | The 15th Anniversary Banquet of the Four Lakes Auxiliary, Number 508, National Association of Letter Carriers. Pictured, left to right, are Mrs. Alexandria... |
| Date: | 12 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Henry Olson, a post office employee of nine years, was loading parcel post packages at the Madison post office this week, signalizing the start of the Chri... |
| Date: | 12 20 1949 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers at the main post office located at 215 Monona Avenue to post their Christmas mail. |
| Date: | 12 29 1950 |
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| Description: | U.S. postman Nels A. Anderson delivers mail to a door marked "15." Anderson began delivering mail in Madison in 1912 and is the city's senior postman. |
| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the 125 vehicles which were used in Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison. The vehicles were parked on Monona ... |
| Date: | 02 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Nancy Wetzel, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, is shown putting pretzels in the mail boxes at Elizabeth Waters Hall, as part o... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A wooden chest with a sign "[illegible] Cement Work" stands on West Dayton Street near its intersection with Wisconsin Avenue. There is a bucket nearby, an... |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 100 block of State Street. Businesses include: Brathaus, The Perfume Shop, Lou's Tobacco Bar, Pattie Wago... |
| Date: | 02 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Alfred Plaenert, a candidate for Madison postmaster general. |
| Date: | 02 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Part of the group of eighty-two Madison mail clerks and carriers write their promotional exam to qualify for supervisory jobs. Standing are V.K. Peterman (... |
| Date: | 03 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the state convention planning committee of the National Association of Postal Supervisors which is planning a convention to be held in Madison.... |
| Date: | 09 08 1954 |
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| Description: | Nels Anderson of 524 East Washington Avenue tells why he endorses the "fair share" plan of the United Givers Campaign. |
| Date: | 06 24 1958 |
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| Description: | A convention of the state auxiliary of the National Association of Postal Supervisors met in Madison at the Simon House. Elected president of the group is ... |
| Date: | 06 24 1958 |
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| Description: | A convention of the state auxiliary of the National Association of Postal Supervisors met in Madison at the Simon House. Wives of state postal supervisors ... |
| Date: | 06 24 1958 |
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| Description: | A convention of the state auxiliary of the National Association of Postal Supervisors met in Madison at the Simon House. Pictured at center is Edith Cooper... |
| Date: | 06 24 1958 |
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| Description: | A convention of the state auxiliary of the National Association of Postal Supervisors met in Madison at the Simon House. Children and wives of postal super... |
| Date: | 12 04 1958 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Journal Editor Roy L. Matson buys stamps from Charles Smythe, wholesale stamp clerk, while Postmaster John F. Whitmore waits his turn. They... |
| Date: | 12 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Postal workers deal with a shipment of Christmas mail that was "arriving by the roomful and the ton." Workers are, left to right: William Borjinkhof, John... |
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