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Women's Transit Authority
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A driver sitting in the driver's seat is talking on the car radio while awaiting passengers for the Women's Transit Authority. The WTA was a sexual assault prevention service that provided safe nighttime travel free of cost for all.
Trudel, Glenn
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WHi 122581
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The Cinema Theater on Atwood Avenue
View from from the Severson service station (currently Monty's Blueplate) of the Cinema Theater on Atwood Avenue. Snow is on the ground.
Mrs. Karl's Delivery Man
A Mrs. Karl's delivery man holding a loaf of bread near the open door of a delivery truck.
Friends
Two friends outdoors near railroad tracks. In the background is the historic Wilson Hotel, on the corner of E. Wilson and S. Blair Streets.
Lynette Margulies and Friend
Lynette Margulies (left) and a friend holding signs and protesting against the "Madison Press Connection" newspaper. They are looking at a person standing in the left foreground.
Nuns on Campus
1975
Two nuns walking past a graffitied wall on the University of Wisconsin campus.
