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Badger Bus Line

Date: 06 05 1946
Description: Lorraine Thelen shown boarding one of the "fast express" buses operating between Madison and Milwaukee by Badger Coaches, Inc. The driver shown is Bill Bes...
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Madison Bus Company

Date: 08 01 1947
Description: The Madison Bus Company's new 45 seat bus shown with company officials and former employees formerly associated with the Madison Railways Company, the pred...
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Newsboys Bus Trip

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: 101 Madison Newspapers, Inc. carrier boys from Madison and southwestern Wisconsin stand by three charter buses before the start of their trip to the Memori...
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Lewis Arms with Greyhound Bus

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Description: Lewis R. Arms poses in front of a Greyhound Bus that displays the destination "Madison" above the windshield. Arms worked for Greyhound at the time.
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Robert Garvey, Bus Driver

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Portrait of Robert P. Garvey, a bus driver for the Madison Bus Company, seated behind the steering wheel.
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Newspaper Carriers Trip to Indianapolis Race

Date: 05 29 1952
Description: One hundred eighteen newspaper carrier boys ready to board four buses in front of the Madison Newspaper building on Carroll Street for a trip to Indianapol...
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Newspaper Carriers Trip to Indianapolis Race

Date: 05 29 1952
Description: Three newspaper carriers riding in Studebaker duplicate of the official pace car for the Indianapolis 500 mile race in front of the buses that took one hun...
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers Trip

Date: 06 16 1953
Description: 46 Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys, 17 from Madison and 29 from the area — all winners of a recent magazine subscription contest — leave Madison by bu...
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Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1954
Description: Portrait of the eleven Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers who won three-day trips to Chicago and Milwaukee in a subscription contest sponsor...
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Subscription Contest Winners

Date: 06 23 1959
Description: 44 young carrier salesmen for the Wisconsin State Journal posing in front of a bus that will take them off "for three days packed full of fun in Chi...
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Madison Newspaper Carrier Boys

Date: 08 24 1959
Description: Group portrait of about 200 newspaper carrier boys posed in front of a school bus for the Madison Newspaper, Inc. Chosen for attributes such as promptness,...
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Wisconsin Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 09 22 1959
Description: Ione Nelson, left and S. Janice Kee are standing next to the Wisconsin Free Library commission's new bookmobile. Ione Nelson is the public library consulta...
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Newspaper Carriers Tour to Washington, D.C.

Date: 04 03 1961
Description: Fifty-one Wisconsin State Journal carriers are ready to board the bus to take them to Washington, D.C. for a four-day tour.
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Newspaper Carriers Visit Milwaukee and See Braves-Cardinals Game

Date: 07 02 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc, newspaper carriers take a bus ride to Milwaukee to see the Braves-Cardinals baseball game. It is a nice, clear day and the road to ...
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Razing of Manchester's Department Store

Date: 06 1985
Description: View from East Mifflin Street and the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue towards Manchester's Department Store. The razing of the building is about one fourt...
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Findorff Construction Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Construction site of the Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Office Building & Bus Station. The address of the bus station was 122 West Washington Avenue, but th...
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Greyhound Executive Inspection Tour

Date: 07 10 1957
Description: Four men seated at a table inside a customized Greyhound Scenicruiser bus. They are: Arthur Genet (center right), president of the Grayhound Corporation; M...
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'Outdoor Living Day' in Madison

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: Model Marlyn Sachtjen paddling around in the 16 by 32 foot pool which was constructed on the Capitol Park overlooking State Street. Ruth Andres sits at the...
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State Street Towards the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1965
Description: View down center of State Street at the intersection of W. Gilman Street. On the left men are working near construction barriers in the street in front of ...
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Bill Strang Cleans the Front Window of a School Bus

Date: 09 02 1960
Description: Bill Strang, Black Earth, cleans the front window of a school bus preparing for the first day of school on September 12th.

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