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Motor Police

Date: 08 26 1931
Description: Group portrait of 4 motor police officers in uniform.
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I.O.O.F. Band

Date: 11 03 1930
Description: Group portrait of the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) band in uniform, taken in Odd Fellows Hall.
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Football Player

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Central High School football player outdoors on a field.
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Central High School Football Players

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Two Central High School uniformed football players in three point stance on playing field.
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Central High School Football Players

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Two Central High School football players in uniform posing on the field.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Date: 06 23 1930
Description: Group portrait of 4 Lakes Canton #3 of I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows), majority of the men are in uniform. Taken in Odd Fellows Hall, 308 West...
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The Conklin Fire

Date: 1915
Description: Fire fighters standing amid smoking timbers aim their hoses to douse the flames.
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Catholic Boy Scouts

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Three Madison Boy Scouts received the Ad Altare Del medal at a retreat at the Dane County fairgrounds. Left to right: Reverend Wayne Turner, Tim Harrington...
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Wisconsin General Nurses Entering Military Service

Date: 03 29 1945
Description: Fifteen nurses from Wisconsin General Hospital, who are entering military service, standing in front of a plaque reading: "1920-1924 A memorial to those wh...
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John Hoffman on Old Fire Truck

Date: 08 10 1948
Description: Close-up of Fireman John Hoffman at the wheel of a 1929 pumper truck which is going to be "retired".
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Madison City Track Meet

Date: 05 07 1954
Description: Participants line up for the 880-yard run at the city track meet held at Madison East High School athletic field.
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Farmers Mutual Girls Softball League

Date: 08 09 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Farmers Mutual Girls Softball Team, the standout team in the Madison Girls Industrial Softball League. A Piggly Wiggly grocery sign a...
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National Civil Defense Week

Date: 08 26 1956
Description: Shown in this simulation of the scene of a catastrophe is one of nine mobile medical teams which Madison can furnish to the State Civil Defense Mobile Medi...
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Madison South Siders Hockey Team

Date: 02 17 1961
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the South Siders hockey team who will be playing for the championship of the Wisconsin State Bantam League Tournament. The member...
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St. Mary's School of Nursing Class

Date: 04 09 1961
Description: Fifty-two students at St. Mary's School of Nursing who received their nurses' caps in a ceremony at St. James Catholic Church.
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Madison Police Ambulance

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: Officer Howard (Pete) Stormer displaying the interior of the new station-wagon sized Madison police ambulance. For the past 5 years the department relied o...
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First Fireman Drill Center for Madison Firefighters

Date: 11 11 1964
Description: Madison firefighters shown scaling ladders at the first permanent training center. It was originally a military theater for Truax Field and then the Madiso...
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Free Camel Rides

Date: 1967
Description: Men wearing red fez hats and khaki shirts and pants (the Zor Camel Patrol) are helping a boy get on a camel for a ride around Vilas Park.
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Camel Ride

Date: 1967
Description: Men of the Zor Camel Patrol in Vilas Park are holding the reins of a camel as a boy and girl are sitting on the camel for a ride. A line of people are stan...
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Girl Riding a Camel

Date: 1967
Description: Low angle view of a man wearing the uniform of the Zor Camel Patrol leading a young girl on a camel.

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