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AAA Dual Control Training Car
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The Madison board of education's summer driving program for high school students acquires another American Automobile Association (AAA) dual control car, a Chevrolet. Pictured with the car right to left are: Philip H. Falk, Superintendant of Madison Public Schools, being congratuated by Ralph Hult, president of Hult's garage and chairman of the Wisconsin Inter-Industries Highway Safety Committee, as E.A. Precourt, supervisor of safety for the Wisconsin AAA, and Lester Levine, president of the Madison Youth Council, look on.
June 27, 1950
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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