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City of Madison's New Leaf Loader

Date: 10 11 1950
Description: Pictured is the city of Madison street department's new $4,000 leaf loader during operations in the 12th Ward. The suction unit, which is like a huge "vacu...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Street Department Crew

Date: 07 20 1952
Description: Group portrait of nine Madison street department workers who have prepared the derby hill for the Soap Box Derby for the past seven years. Kneeling, left t...
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Rural Route No. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Rural Route No. 3 in Bonduel, Wisconsin, with a man driving a U.S. R.F.D. mail wagon along a road by a fenced yard, a barn, and a mailbox. Pr...
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Rural Route No. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Rural Route No. 3 in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, with a woman in front of a house retrieving mail from a mailbox and a horse-drawn U.S. R.F.D. ma...
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Porters Mills Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office in Porters Mills, Wisconsin, with a man putting mail into post office boxes, a padlocked mail bag that serves as a signboard ...
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Debriefing

Date: 1980
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David Obey (center, facing the camera) and other members of the congressional delegation and staff that visited Saudi Arabia and Indi...
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State Office Building Bomb Threat

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Mrs. Georgia Russell, an accountant in the State Motor Vehicle Department, displaying the mail bag and bomb package that were involved in an unsuccessful a...
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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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City Leaf Vacuum Cleaner

Date: 10 30 1958
Description: Street gutter full of leaves about to be vacuumed up by three city workers operating a large two wheeled trailer-sized vacuum cleaner with a leaf hose nozz...
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New West Wing of 1 West Wilson Street State Office Building

Date: 04 23 1959
Description: View of the new west wing for the state office building at 1 West Wilson Street, looking along Wilson Street from the west. The wing will house about 600 p...
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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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