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Destruction of Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 02 19 1949
Description: Madison Police Inspector Philip H. Oakey is shown demolishing three "one-armed bandits." They had been stored in the vault of police headquarters since the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Inspection

Date: 07 24 1954
Description: Soap Box Derby cars being inspected the day before the race at Hult's Capital Garage at 608 E. Washington Avenue.
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Child Playing on Trike with Mother and Delivery Man

Date: 1973
Description: A child (Mary Clayton) is playing on a plastic trike with a large front wheel in a yard. She is wearing a red dress and is standing over the seat of the tr...
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Firemen's Parade

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of motorized fire trucks, horse-drawn fire trucks, automobiles and water wagons gathered on East Washington Avenue. All the vehicles are acco...

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