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Sears Roebuck Store Construction

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Close-up of carpenters Art Thorstad and George Clark working on the new Sears Roebuck store on East Washington Avenue.
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Building West Tower of 1 West Wilson Street

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Steel construction workers are standing on exposed beams for the new constriction of the West Tower of the Wisconsin State Office Building at 1 West Wilson...
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Wisconsin State Journal Reporter John Newhouse

Date: 07 31 1958
Description: Wisconsin State Journal reporter John Newhouse is shown in Wisconsin General Hospital operating room garb as he reports on a new drug developed in W...
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Meredeth Niemczyk, a crossing guard for Madison Lutheran school, blows a whistle to stop traffic at the corner of Jenifer and Brearly streets. Madison's 49...
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk dresses for the weather in a plaid wool jacket and heavy pants. In the foreground on the couch is her portable hand held s...
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk, standing at the corner of Jenifer and Brearly streets, facing north, spreads her arms and displays a hand held stop sign ...
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk is shown adjusting the head scarf of Diane Beale.
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Mrs. Niemczyk, wearing a safety sash, is shown conferring with a policeman. The original caption reads that he is "supervisor of the 49 school crossing gua...
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Vilas Park Beach Lifeguards

Date: 06 21 1960
Description: Two Vilas park beach lifeguards, one wearing earmuffs, on a chilly summer day.
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Watching Escaped Monkeys

Date: 11 25 1960
Description: Dan Watson, left, director of the Vilas Park Zoo, and fireman Don Annen attempting to capture two rhesus monkeys in the tree tops. Annen is holding a tran...

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