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Empty Loads and

No Destinations

Madison Yellow Cab Co. in the 1970s

                                   Empty loads

                                   and no destinations

                              On or nearly squared

                            Side of the Dog

                        Son of the Bus, Steak and Late

                       Fairchild and Mifflin

                     Can anyone walk the plank?

                   Need a Yellow west near

                 Westgate for a 75-cent fare

            Anyone parked and reachin’?

                  Higgins and Princeton

                  Shorewood, need someone to run west

                                       Truax, Arlan’s, east near                                              the Rat and Roach

                                     Femrite Corners, Wingra

                                 Anybody south under the cow?

                              Applegate, Orchard and Johnson

                            Need a Yellow parked motoring,

                          For a big man but a small fare

                     Where are you, Cowboy?

                     Rosa Road, Farley & Stevens

                     Brookwood, Lake Edge

                     Going 10-7, need a Yellow south on                          the Fish to pick up the groceries

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Picket Line 10.jpg
Teamster Hall 6..jpg
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Peter Lee dispatch.jpg
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Neely.jpg
Mystery dispatcher.jpg
Mary Mac.jpg
John Roh.jpg
Jersey Jim.jpg
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Empty Loads and

No Destinations

Madison Yellow Cab Co. in the 1970s

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September 30, 2020: Charlie Varco, DJ Wipperfurth obituaries

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October 21, 2020: April 15, 1974 strike news item

October 27, 2020: Jack Petzko obituary 

                                   Empty loads

                             and no destinations

                            On or nearly squared

                          Side of the Dog

                       Son of the Bus, Steak and

                     Late, Fairchild and Mifflin

                 Anyone want to walk the plank?

              Need a Yellow west near

            Westgate for a 75-cent fare

         Anyone parked and reachin’?

      Higgins and Princeton

   Shorewood, need someone to run west

 Truax, Arlan’s, east near the Rat and Roach

    Femrite Corners, Wingra

                                   Anybody south under the cow?

                                      Applegate, Orchard and Johnson

                                          Need a Yellow parked motoring,

                                       For a big man who’s a small fare

                                   Where the heck are you, Cowboy?

                                 Rosa Road, Farley & Stevens

                            Brookwood, Lake Edge

                       Going 10-7, need a Yellow 

                   south on the Fish to pick up the groceries

Teamster Hall 6..jpg
Picket Line 22.jpg
Picket Line 20.jpg
Picket Line 18.jpg
Teamster Hall 1..jpg
Teamster Hall 3.jpg
Picket Line 10.jpg
Peter Lee dispatch.jpg
Four cabs 2.jpg
Neely.jpg
Mystery dispatcher.jpg
Mary Mac.jpg
John Roh.jpg
Cowboy.jpg
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