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Fifty Kissel Taxis

Date: 08 07 1929
Description: A line of fifty "Bradford Cabs" manufactured by the Kissel Motor Car Company of Hartford, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "'Bradford Cabs' built by the Kissel Mo...
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Easter Seal Boy

Date: 03 11 1955
Description: David Lindl, Easter Seal boy, being carried to taxicab by driver, Mr. Coster.
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Scott Street Bridge

Date: 1983
Description: The approach to the Scott Street Bridge in Wausau, with the Wausau Cab Co. building and a large sign advertising the First American Bank, a "tower of stren...
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Cab-Bus Collision

Date: 08 26 1946
Description: Overturned taxicab, after collision with a city bus at the corner of Regent and Mills Street, injuring four people. Also shows a crowd of people looking on...
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City Car Taxi

Date: 12 08 1933
Description: A new Chevrolet City Car Company cab owned by James and Grace Riddell. In the background is a view of the 200 block of East Washington Avenue.
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Cab after Traffic Accident

Date: 08 27 1946
Description: A City Car Company cab on its roof after a collision with a bus at the corner of Mills and Regent Streets. The car skidded 42 feet from the point of impac...
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Bishop O'Connor Returns from European Trip

Date: 09 28 1959
Description: Several thousand Catholic students turn out to welcome Bishop O'Connor back from his two month trip to Europe.
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Yellow Cab Transfer Company

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of the Yellow Cab Transfer Company located at 643 E. Wilson Street, (housed in the Denison Building) with two cabs with drivers out front.
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Alfred Hopf, Taxi Driver

Date: 09 18 1953
Description: Alfred Hopf, a German Jewish refugee, wearing his uniform and sitting in his taxi, says driving a taxi in Madison is a far cry from his old career asa pro...
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Kitty Daly

Date: 02 21 1958
Description: Kitty Daly, a cab dispatcher for the City Car Co. for the past 17 years, has been answering the phone in front of a microphone and an electrical telegraph....
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Checker Taxicab

Date: 01 03 1935
Description: Checker Cab Company flatrate cab in front of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad depot at 148 S.Blair Street.
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Accident at Park and Regent Streets

Date: 05 24 1948
Description: A police ambulance, speeding a 3-year old, David King, seriously injured accident victim to a hospital, crashed into a Padgham Painting Co. truck, driven b...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Funds received from the sale of Easter seals each spring provide the taxi service necessary to tranport the handicapped members of the Happy Hours club to ...
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Rennebohm Drug Store

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street, at the intersection of North Lake Street, towards Rennebohm Drugs. The four upper floors are apartment buildings. Pedestrians are...
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Cadillac Taxi and Driver

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Description: View from sidewalk of Bob Bender standing near the driver's side door of his dark 1950s model Cadillac taxi on the Capitol Square. He is wearing a leather ...
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The Atrium

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Pinckney Street towards the Atrium, originally two buildings: The Ellsworth Block and the Maeder Building. The original sandstone facade ...
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Front End of Bob Bender's Cab

Date: 1977
Description: Front end view of Bob Bender's flagship cab named "Nellie," a shiny black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood, at the Dane County Regional Airport. The straight on ang...
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Back End of Bob Bender's Cab

Date: 1977
Description: Back end view of Bob Bender's flagship cab named "Nellie," a shiny black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood, parked at the Dane County Regional Airport. The metal emb...
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R.L. Bender Deluxe Cab at 1,000,000 Miles

Date: 1982
Description: Bob Bender, wearing a business suit and a chauffeur hat, is posing next to "Nellie," his shiny, black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood parked in front of the Wiscon...
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City Cab Co. Taxicabs

Date: 10 24 1935
Description: Line up of City Cabs in front of the J. Heilprin & Co. Wholesale Fruits & Groceries, 612 W. Main Street, formerly the Illinois Central Passenger Depot.

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