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Pigs Loose in Nakoma

Date: 02 25 1947
Description: Four men wrestling with escaped pigs in the backyard of a home in the Nakoma neighborhood. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block o...
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William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
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Residence of George H. Large Family

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Description: Exterior of the home of the George H. Large family, an elaborate, neo-classical residence featuring an ionic colonnaded porch. An archway near the sidewal...
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Cows on Ice

Date: 03 28 1960
Description: While en route from Oregon prison farm to Oscar Mayer and Co., three cows were frightened by an ambulance siren on the 700 block of West Washington Avenue ...
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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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