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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: | 01 13 1956 |
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| Description: | Edna Kern picking up the mail at the roadside mailbox. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Two children are exiting an International R-183 School Bus. The children are greeted by a woman, possibly their mother. A man, possibly the father of the c... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Post Office. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S.... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the U.S. Post Office, with a Jefferson Community Fire Department truck parked at the curb in front. |
| 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: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a post office. Caption reads: "Post Office — Walworth, Wisconsin". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the U.S. Post Office. Caption reads: "U.S. Post Office, Monroe, Wis." |
| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting the United Airlines as both a passenger airplane and an Air Mail airplane. The poster states, "This new United Air Lines "... |
| 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: | 1952 |
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| Description: | This map shows counties, towns, cities, and selected villages, as well as the Menominee Indian Reservation are identified on this U.S. Post Office. Circles... |
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