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Cross Plains Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of ice cream parlor with a horse-drawn wagon parked on the right with sheds behind. Barrels are stacked on the porch. Signs above the porch read: ...
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Truck for Speed Queen Appliances

Date: 01 04 1943
Description: Semi-trailer truck with lettering on the side: "Speed Queen Washers Ironers, Barlow & Seelig Mfg. Co., Ripon, Wis." There are storage tanks in the backgrou...
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20th Century Market

Date: 03 06 1939
Description: Winter scene with the 20th Century Market, located at 1860 East Washington Avenue. There is snow on the ground. The Lee Tires garage is next door.
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Tractor-Truck Unloading Paper

Date: 01 19 1939
Description: Men with tractor-truck unloading large rolls of paper at the Wisconsin State Journal, 115 South Carroll Street. Grace Episcopal Church, 110 W. Washington, ...
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Tractor-Truck at Mautz Paint Co.

Date: 01 20 1939
Description: Men loading cases of paint into tractor-truck at Mautz Paint Co., 939 E. Washington Avenue.
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Tar Tank Truck

Date: 01 12 1938
Description: Rear view of highway tarring tank truck with spreader bar down, taken for William Gunnison, road contractor, Middleton.
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Tar Tank Truck

Date: 01 12 1938
Description: View of the left side of highway tarring tank truck, taken for William Gunnison, road contractor.
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Olds Seed Company Trucks

Date: 01 29 1936
Description: Three men loading two L.L. Olds Seed Co. trucks with out-going mail, at 722 Williamson Street.
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Manor Dairy Truck

Date: 12 27 1934
Description: Manor Dairy truck and uniformed driver with milk in front of the dairy office in Kennedy Manor apartment building, 1 Langdon Street.
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Whiting Dairy

Date: 12 07 1934
Description: Whiting Dairy, located at 514 Division Street. Snow is on the ground.
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Installing Rock-Wool Insulation

Date: 12 10 1934
Description: Two men and Home Insulation of Madison, Inc. truck in front of W.J. Sheppard, 2524 Chamberlain Avenue, house, shown installing Johns Manville rock-wool ins...
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Ford Truck

Date: 11 18 1934
Description: Ford truck outside in the rain at the Madison Packing Company, located at 307 West Johnson Street.
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Meadow Bloom Co-op Dairy

Date: 01 04 1934
Description: Six delivery trucks parked in front of Meadow Bloom Co-op Dairy, Co. Hwy. T, 1.5 miles from the end of Milwaukee Street. Established for the sole purpose o...
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Trees Blown Over by Windstorm

Date: 06 20 1931
Description: Trees blown over by windstorm, at the Edward Korb farm, Route 1, Waunakee Road.
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Cake of Ice

Date: 04 28 1931
Description: Large cake of clear ice made by Oscar Mayer Co., sitting on the loading dock at the Oscar Mayer Co. Also shows open back door of truck.
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Road Oil Spraying Tank Truck

Date: 01 25 1929
Description: A tank truck that sprays road oil is parked in front of Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, located at 613-629 East Main Street.
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Road Oil Spraying Tank Truck

Date: 01 01 1929
Description: A road oil spraying tank truck is parked in front of the Garrick Theatre, located at 113-115 Monona Avenue.
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Mapleside

Date: 1970
Description: Mapleside, a historic home on University Avenue, being demolished. It is the future location of Burger King.
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Intersection of Midvale and Odana

Date: 1955
Description: Midvale Avenue and Odana Boulevard.
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Wisconsin "Badger"

Date: 1923
Description: In 1922 the Wisconsin Truck Company purchased the Wisconsin Farm Tractor Company of Sauk City, which had formerly manufactured trucks as well as wagons, mo...

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