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Air-Lec Automatic Sliding Door Opener

Date: 1922
Description: Air-Lec pneumatic automatic door opener set up on a table on a roof. Probably the roof of Schoelkopf's manufacturing plant at 320 N. Third Street.
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Air-Lec Automatic Swing Door Opener

Date: 1922
Description: Outdoor view of an Air-Lec automatic door opener for swinging doors set up on a wood plank on a rooftop. Probably the top of Schoelkopf's manufacturing pla...
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Air-Lec Automatic Door Opener

Date: 1922
Description: Air-Lec pneumatic automatic door opener with button and wire set up on a board. The manufacturing plant on N. Third Street began operation in 1922.
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Air-Lec Automatic Sliding Door Opener

Date: 1922
Description: Indoor view of an Air-Lec automatic door opener on a sliding garage door. There is a Ford car in the garage stall. The license plate on the car is 30-033.
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Air-Lec Automatic Sliding Door Opener

Date: 1922
Description: Air-Lec automatic door opener indoors. This device, which was pneumatic, is installed on a garage door.
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Young Girl Pushing the Air-Lec Automatic Door Opener Button

Date: 1922
Description: A young girl is standing in front of a curtain while reaching up a hand to push a button that will open Air-Lec automatic doors. Equipment is on the left.
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Sound Horn!

Date: 1922
Description: Framed display of a photograph or illustration of double doors with the Air-Lec automatic door opener system. The sign on the door reads: "Sound Horn! Air-...
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The Schoelkopf Air-Lec Manufacturing Facility

Date: 1922
Description: Interior view of the Schoelkopf Air-Lec Manufacturing facility at 320 N. Third Street. A number of signs on the back wall describe the Air-Lec's features.
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Air-Lec Button

Date: 1922
Description: Air-Lec automatic door opening button, which reads: "Schoelkopf Mfg. Co. Madison, Wis. AIR-LEC Opens or Closes Doors Automatically PRESS."
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Auto Wash Building

Date: 1924
Description: View up ramp towards the "Auto Wash" entrance door of a brick building using the Air-lec pneumatic door opening system invented by Louis Schoelkopf.
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Roofers and Visiting Ladies on the Roof

Date: 1922
Description: View along roof of four men in hats and work clothes, and two women in summer dresses posing on the side of the roof. One of the men is holding a hammer. I...
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Man Posing with Child on Tractor

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Description: A man and child pose sitting on a tractor in a farmyard. In the background is a barn, and piles of hay behind a fence on the right. In the far background i...
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The Dohm Bros Store

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Description: View across unpaved street towards the Dohm Brothers storefront. There are several advertising signs on the two-story building, including "French Auto Oil,...
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Small Farm Family

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Description: Group portrait of farm family. A man sits on a tractor on the left, and in front of the tractor on the right is a woman holding a baby. In the background i...
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Double Negative: Three Farmers in Corn Field

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Description: Three farmers on a double exposure negative with a cornfield in the background. The man in front is wearing overalls and eyeglasses. All three men are wear...
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New Ford Cars on Tow Trucks

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Description: View looking across East Washington Avenue towards five new cars on tow trucks parked in the middle of the street near the Schoelkopf Ford Automobile deale...
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Ford Car Bodies on a Shipping Rack

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Description: Three new Ford car bodies sitting upright on their front ends on a shipping rack on the side of a road. The wheels have been removed and are sitting on the...
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Dane County Highway, No. 5 Truck

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Description: View looking east towards two men sitting in a Dane County Highway truck on East Washington Avenue. The truck is marked "No. 5" and is in front of the Scho...
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American Ice Cream Delivery Truck

Date: 1919
Description: A brand new delivery truck parked outdoors near the Schoelkopf Automobile dealership (not shown) in the middle of East Washington Avenue. Two signs on the ...
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Piper Brothers Wholesale Bakers Truck

Date: 1919
Description: View across street towards the Piper Brothers bakery, which faced the Wisconsin State Capitol on the corner of E. Mifflin and N. Pinckney Streets. This tru...

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