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Tractor Breaking Ground for Garden

Date: 04 28 1933
Description: Gene Walker on Caterpillar tractor breaking ground for community garden project, located on S. Park Street near Cedar Street. Watching are: Alphons Kruel, ...
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Complete Threshing Outfit

Date: 08 09 1928
Description: Nichols-Shepard company store at 649 East Wilson Street with men, tractor and threshing machine in front. A sign on the machine reads: "This complete outfi...
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ESBMA Men Group Portrait

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: Group portrait of ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men posing after clearing field for playground at Burr Jones Field, 1800 E. Washington Avenu...
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World Food Fair

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: Ferris wheels and agricultural machinery are some of the things that attract fair-goers at the World Food Fair.
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Nagle-Hart Building

Date: 05 14 1948
Description: Wide angle view of the Nagle-Hart Caterpillar Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Nagle-Hart Building

Date: 05 14 1948
Description: Nagle-Hart Caterpillar Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue, view from corner.
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Nagle-Hart Building

Date: 05 14 1948
Description: View across street towards the Nagle-Hart Caterpillar Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Lyons Turkey Farm

Date: 11 1947
Description: People are standing in the middle of a flock of turkeys at the Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona.
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Farmall Tractor

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Farmall Tractor outside the Kupfer Foundry and Iron Works, 101 Waubesa Street. Photograph taken for R.L. Kulzick advertising agency.
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Mazomanie float is titled: "John F. Appleby Invents Twine Knotter in Mazomanie," and is p...
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Speranza's Neighbors Dig Basement for New Shop

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Blooming Grove neighbors of John Speranza digging a basement for a new Speranza shop which will replace the one lost to a fire that also destroyed the Sper...
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Parade Celebrating 100th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Pictured on the float in a parade celebrating the 100th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Cross Plains is a group of men and women garbe...
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Fordson Tractor in Front of Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership

Date: 1920
Description: Fordson tractor parked in the street in front of Louis Schoelkopf's building at 210 E. Washington Avenue. The tractor has a battery on wheels attached to t...
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Schoelkopf Truck Hauling a Fordson Tractor

Date: 1923
Description: Schoelkopf truck with a Fordson tractor on the truck bed is parked outside the Schoelkopf Lincoln Ford Dealership at 210-216 E. Washington Avenue. The chur...
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Schoelkopf Mazomanie Branch

Date: 1920
Description: View from street of a group of three woman and one man standing in the doorway of the dealership in Mazomanie, where, in late 1919 or early 1920, Louis Sch...
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Mazo Motor Company

Date: 12 08 1921
Description: View from street towards construction of the Mazo Motor Company, which sold and serviced Ford and Fordson vehicles and agricultural machines. Standing in t...
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See Wisconsin Tractor Demonstration

Date: 1916
Description: Ford Model T touring car parked on the street near the Wisconsin State Capitol building. In the background a banner strung above the street in front of the...
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"Stop the Driver"

Date: 1924
Description: View down street towards a Fordson tractor hitched to a wagon hitched to a single seat plow. The sign on the wagon reads: "Stop the Driver, He Wants to Sho...
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"Question: Why Feed Horses the Year Round?"

Date: 1924
Description: View down street towards a wagon with a sign on the side that reads: "Question: Why Feed Horses the Year Round? The Tractor Only "Eats When It Works". Its ...
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Farmall Tractor on John Nolen Drive

Date: 2010
Description: A man drives a tractor on John Nolen Drive along Lake Mendota with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance. He is on his was to a Red Power venue held ...

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