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Public Servants Week Sign

Date: 06 10 1949
Description: Public Servants Week sign "The City Water Dept. invites you to open house" on the lawn in front of main water pumping station, 311 North Hancock at East Go...
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NARCE Convention

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (left) at a convention in Wausau sponsored by the National Association of Civil Employees. Although undated, the pho...
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Auto Buy Week

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: One man is pointing his index finger under a pin on the lapel of another man. The pin says: "Business Is Good." The pin is worn by Melvin Larson, State Mot...
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Maple Bluff Fire Department Honored

Date: 01 14 1960
Description: Madison Fire Chief Edward Page, center, presents a plaque from the International Fire Chiefs Association to Maple Bluff's volunteer fire department for ach...
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Bryce Canyon National Park

Date: 05 2005
Description: Joan Obey, Ranger Brent McGinn and Congressman David Obey at Bryce Canyon National Park. Canyon walls are in the far background.
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Tagging a Buck

Date: 1937
Description: Two conservation wardens are crouching to tag a buck lying in the snow. The buck was killed illegally. Two other wardens are standing and observing. The gr...
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City-County Canteen

Date: 08 21 1957
Description: Employees of the new City-County Building enjoying refreshments in the canteen. Center, Dane County Sgt. A.M. Amble is talking with Patrolman, George Hughe...
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New Dog-catching Vechicle

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: William Wurtzler leans from the window of the city's new dog-catching wagon, a two-door four window, 1958 Ford station wagon. Wurtzler, the son of Police S...
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X-mas Gifts for Children Collected at the State Capitol Rotunda Christmas Tree

Date: 12 22 1960
Description: Christmas gifts are collected around the State Capitol rotunda Christmas tree from state employees to give to developmentally disabled children staying in ...

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