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J.C. Penney & Co. Display Window

Date: 04 27 1946
Description: Display window at J.C. Penney & Company, 17-19 East Main Street, featuring cowboy "Tom Mix, of Radio, Safety Rules to All Straight Shooters" for Wisconsin ...
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Tom Mix Promoting Safety Display Window

Date: 04 27 1946
Description: Display window at Karstens Inc., 22-24 North Carroll Street, featuring Tom Mix safety display for the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department. The display inclu...
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Fire Fighters Taking Driving Safety Tests

Date: 01 22 1946
Description: Fire fighters taking five different driving safety tests administered by Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Safety Department employees in Fire Station #1, 18 South W...
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Safety Convention Speakers

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, with a group portrait of nine morning speakers, taken at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenu...
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Wis. Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention Audience

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Audience at Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, in a ballroom at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenue.
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United States Army Safety Program

Date: 01 03 1944
Description: United States Army safety award banner presented to the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. Employees are grouped around it.
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International Harvester Safety Cartoon

Date: 1945
Description: Cartoon showing a man looking at the following text: "Look at the facts, in 11 days war casualties 15,883, civilian casualties 24,812."
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AAA Tour Cars

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Men doing a periodic rotation of the synthetic and recapped tires on one of the two cars parked in front of the Park Hotel, and participating in the Americ...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Tom Langlois in a rowboat is issuing a warning to James Bergman who is swimming outside the ropes that delineate the safe swimming area.
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Estes School Farm Safety Program

Date: 03 29 1946
Description: Estes School Farm Safety Program held at the Estes School on Cottage Grove Road. Ten students standing on stage with six adults sitting on stage looking on...
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Estes School Farm Safety Program

Date: 03 28 1946
Description: Estes School Farm Safety Program held at the Estes School on Cottage Grove Road. People in the audience with students' farm safety projects displayed on th...
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Courteous Driver Virgil H. Titus

Date: 02 06 1947
Description: Virgil H. Titus, watchmaker, 201 Dean Avenue, posing with the tools of his trade.
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Lions Club Winning Safety Posters

Date: 03 1947
Description: Viewing Lions Club winning safety posters are, left to right: Mrs. Esther, Howard Danford, Maurice Pasch, and John Fluckiger. The posters were made by jun...
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Courteous Driver of the Week

Date: 03 28 1947
Description: Pictured are Lawrence E. Bowers, seated in his car, and police officer, Robert O'Brien, who is giving Mr. Bowers an award for courteous driving. Mr. Bowers...
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Mrs. Harold Wipperman, Courteous Driver-of-the-Week

Date: 04 04 1947
Description: Informal portrait of Mrs. Harold Wipperman, Middleton. She is wearing a fur coat.
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Bicycle Safety Week

Date: 04 17 1947
Description: Two teen-age boys, Jerry Lenz, left, and Bob Consigny, with bicycle, are shown discussing Bicycle Safety Week which the Madison Youth Council sponsors.
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Public Health Nursing Week

Date: 04 16 1947
Description: Public Health Nursing Week. Miss Agnes Moroney of the third district unit of Wisconsin State Organization of Public Health Nursing and supervising nurse at...
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Traffic Safety Award Ceremony

Date: 04 28 1947
Description: Harry Porter, Jr., representing the National Safety Council, Chicago, presenting a plaque to Governor Rennebohm in recognition of an outstanding state traf...
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Bicycle Safety Week

Date: 04 29 1947
Description: Two men presenting a bicycle safety award to a young boy in front of a NBC WIBA radio microphone.
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Swimming Class at Tenney Park

Date: 07 29 1947
Description: Pictured at Tenney park are Sun Prairie children receiving swimming instruction from Mrs. Mildred Schwieten, standing in the water at the left, and Don Hei...

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