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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...
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Irish Milk Boy

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Description: A young boy drives a donkey-powered cart with a large milk can as cargo in Fermoy, Ireland.
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Cheese Factory

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Description: Building thought to be a cheese factory, with workers and horse-drawn delivery wagons in the front.
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Holt Lumber Company Truck

Date: 1921
Description: Truck owned by the Holt Lumber Company of Oconto which was used by the company to deliver slab wood to customers in the city. The truck was manufactured b...
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Early Highway Trailer

Date: 1915
Description: An auto-trailer, an early trailer manufactured by the Highway Trailer Company of Edgerton. The company began by manufacturing trailers designed for farmer...
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Highway Trailer

Date: 1948
Description: Twin refrigerated trailers, "coldmobiles," manufactured by the Highway Trailer Co. of Edgerton.
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Truck Accident

Date: 06 24 1971
Description: Accident involving a UPS delivery van and a semitrailer in downtown Milwaukee. Four men, including the driver who is holding his head, were injured.
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Loading Blatz Beer

Date: 08 31 1958
Description: Two men using a fork lift to load cases of beer into a truck at the Blatz brewery. The two men are Edward Klem, guiding the fork lift truck, and Frank Le B...
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Miller Delivery Wagon

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Description: Man standing in front of horse-drawn wagon loaded with barrels of beer from the Miller Brewery. The sign near the wagon seat reads: "No.2" and the sign pai...
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Beer Delivery

Date: 09 03 1955
Description: Miller delivery man carrying a keg of Miller Beer on his shoulder.
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Horse-Drawn Delivery Wagon and Driver

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Description: C.W. Jarvis' horse-drawn delivery wagon loaded with crates in front of 201 North Carroll Street, the location of the old Madison Public Library. He is sitt...
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Miller Wagon and Truck

Date: 1939
Description: The Miller Brewing wagon, filled with barrels of beer, and a Miller delivery truck. The caption on the photograph reads "1855-1939".
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Waiting to Load Sacks on Train

Date: 09 1902
Description: Farmers with wagon loads of sacks of potatoes(?), probably waiting to load them on a train.

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