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| Date: | 12 23 1955 |
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| Description: | Postal workers sort parcels into bins during the Christmas holiday rush. |
| Date: | 08 31 1955 |
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| Description: | Postal clerks Stanley A. Kolenda, William G. Spencer, and Nathan C. Hillmer sorting mail at the Madison Post Office. |
| Date: | 10 03 1958 |
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| Description: | U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. A woman is walking on the sidewalk that surrounds the building. There is a water fountain (bubbler) in the right foregroun... |
| 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: | 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... |
| Date: | 12 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Esther Haack (seated left) sells a page of Christmas seals to Leone Wagner at the post office. The Madison Tuberculosis Association sells about $150 worth ... |
| Date: | 08 27 1959 |
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| Description: | A new 4-cent postage stamp honors the American soil conservation effort by showing various phases of soil conservation. Shown (L-R) are: Russell Silverwood... |
| Date: | 12 04 1959 |
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| Description: | Acting Postmaster for Madison, John F. Whitmore (right), receives a certificate of appointment from Adolph Knudson (left), postal department field services... |
| Date: | 12 16 1953 |
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| Description: | People waiting in line to mail their letters, packages and parcels in the lobby of the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. A woman is standing at t... |
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