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Madison Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: The Madison Free Library bookmobile is pulling up in the Lakeview Heights neighborhood, a new city housing development. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus....
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Freedom Riders Boarding a Bus

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large group of Freedom Riders carrying food and blankets and boarding three buses to leave Madison bound for Selma, Alabama to ...
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Freedom Rider Protestors

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Two Universtiy students wave a Confederate flag on the steps of the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union in protest of the 114 Freedom Riders boarding bu...
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Greyhound Executive Inspection Tour

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated) using a mobile phone as Arthur Genet, president of the Greyhound Corp. looks on. They are inside a Greyhound Scenicruiser bus...
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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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Madison Drum & Bugle Corps Trip

Date: 08 22 1957
Description: Members of the Boy Scout Corps posing for a group portrait prior to leaving on a trip to Florida to compete in the VFW national competition. The Scouts are...
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Luther League World Lutheran Youth Weekend

Date: 08 23 1957
Description: Members of the Luther League and their advisors set to board the bus for Minneapolis where they will attend the Lutheran World Federation Assembly Youth We...
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Three girls chatting and laughing as they ride the school bus. Other students are seen at the back of the bus.
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Child with his coat hood up is riding alone on the backseat of the school bus. The girl in the foreground is wearing ear muffs.
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Three girls singing while riding on the school bus from Dudgeon School to Blackhawk Park.
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Three boys sharing a seat are chatting on the school bus. The children sitting behind them are listening in.
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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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Vernon County Homemakers Group Visit the Governor's Mansion in Maple Bluff

Date: 07 30 1958
Description: 295 members of the Vernon County Homemakers group boarded buses in Viroqua to travel to the Wisconsin Governor's Mansion in Maple Bluff. The women are show...
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Madison Safety Patrol Delegates Prepare to Leave for Washington, D.C.

Date: 05 06 1959
Description: Madison's 31 delegates, representing Madison public and parochial schools, prepare to travel to the Annual National School of Safety patrol assembly in Was...
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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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Post-Christmas Shoppers Return Gifts to Downtown Madison Stores

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Traffic crowds Madison downtown streets and parking stalls as shoppers return or exchange unwanted Christmas gifts.

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