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Packard Maintenance

Date: 06 29 1946
Description: An African American mechanic works on a car up on the rack for servicing at the gas station Meehan Motor Mart, 209 East Washington Avenue.
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Washing Machine Mechanic

Date: 12 20 1944
Description: A mechanic in the service department of Hefty Sales Corporation is preparing to do a complete overhaul of a washing machine.
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East High School Shop Class

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: O.I. Dhein, instructor, with East High School shop students Bob Somerville, Carl Carlson and Francis Lockman working on the aluminum heads for canes they w...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Architectural Exhibit

Date: 03 27 1945
Description: Professor J.F. Kienitz, on the left, and Edward J. Law, committee member of the Historic American Buildings Survey in Wisconsin, examining a miniature mode...
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Kayser Motors Mechanic

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: Kayer Motors mechanic working on servicing a truck. Kayser Motors is located at 701 East Washington Avenue.
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Business Men's Association Auction

Date: 09 08 1948
Description: The repair and conditioning committee of the West Side Business Men's Association that was in charge of preparing the auction site for the sale to benefit ...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor applies a trowel of fresh cement to a base for the cornerstone of the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. L...
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Recreation Leadership Club

Date: 12 02 1948
Description: Five University of Wisconsin students in the Community Leadership in Recreation curriculum are watching Prof. James Schwalbach demonstrate metal work in th...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Members

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Dan Roth and August Knoche in the composing room arranging stories into page forms.
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Kayser Motors

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: Five automotive technicians work on engines inside the engine rebuilding department at Kayser Motors.
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Emerson School Sixth Grade Art Class

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Sixth grade teacher Don Reppen of Emerson School oversees students as they cut a log to be used in making lamps. The students, left to right, are: Don Spri...
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Madison Golf Course Manager

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: "Cully" Schlict, manager at the Blackhawk Country Club, re-winding the shaft of a driver in the clubhouse.
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President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman visited Madison to be present at the laying of the cornerstone for the CUNA's Filene House, 1617 Sherman Avenue. He is pictured ...
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Engraver Paul Hennie

Date: 08 08 1950
Description: Paul Hennie, wholesale metal engraver, working on a large trophy in his office at 23 North Pickney Street.
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Woodworkers at Neighborhood House

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Four men complete woodworking tasks at Neighborhood House, the oldest community center in Madison. It was established in 1916.
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Vocational and Adult School Television Repair Course

Date: 04 11 1951
Description: Clarence Marty, a student in the television repair course offered at the Madison Vocational and Adult school, demonstrates how to measure the voltage in a ...
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Vocational and Adult School Television Repair Course

Date: 04 11 1951
Description: Jim Studee, left, and Gordon Jenkins, students in the television repair course offered at the Madison Vocational and Adult school, build a television set. ...
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Madison Vocational School Furniture Upholstering Class

Date: 04 25 1951
Description: Barbara and Howard Vindedahl tack upholstery onto their renovated chair in an upholstery class at Madison Vocational School.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winners

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Five of the winners in the Soap Box Derby competition pose with their prizes. Left to right are Billy McFarland, Darlington, winner of the best upholstery ...
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...

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