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A Busy Day on Dearborn and Randolph Streets

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Randolph and Dearborn Streets crowded with people, streetcars, and horse-drawn vehicles. Caption reads: "A Busy Day on Dearborn and Randol...
Photograph

Woman on Horseback

Date: 1911
Description: Unidentified woman on horseback, possibly near Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Chetek Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down a snow-covered unpaved street in Chetek. Horse-drawn vehicles are along the right, and commercial buildings line both sides of the street. There ...
Photograph

Gaylord Nelson on Horseback

Date: 1939
Description: Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana.
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Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1904
Description: View of the courthouse taken from across the street. A horse and carriage is parked along the curb on the right. Caption reads: "Court House, Milwaukee."
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Wisconsin Street

Date: 1907
Description: Wisconsin Street, looking west from the Post Office. Includes the Pabst building, the Wells Building and the Pfister Hotel. Caption reads: "Wisconsin St., ...
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Majestic Theatre Building

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of fourteen-story theatre building, with two red buildings on either side of it. On the street are people, horses, carriages, and trolleys. C...
Photograph

Downtown Street Corner

Date: 1910
Description: A corner store with a large electric sign on top. Men are on the sidewalk in front of the store, and a horse-drawn vehicle and bicycles are on the right.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Wagons Outside Church at Vyatka, Russia

Date: 07 11 1917
Description: Horse-drawn wagons outside a large church with belfry in a town along the Trans-Siberian Railway. The original caption reads: "tower of 300 year old church...
Postcard

Cowgirl

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Description: Embossed postcard of a painting of a woman in rodeo garb on horseback. The horse is rearing up while the woman fires a gun into the ground.
Postcard

City Hall and Fire Station

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Description: Colorized view of the old three-story, red brick city hall and firehouse. View of the building's exterior includes a team of horse-drawn fire wagons and fi...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of a parade going through the central business district. People in the parade are wearing helmets and riding horseba...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Brochure

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Description: Inside 2-page spread of fold-out brochure for Harvesting Machinery featuring a color illustration of a man using "The 'Bonnie' Binder, Right Hand" in a fie...
Postcard

Four Wheel Drive Doing Its Bit

Date: 1918
Description: Postcard with two photographs of four wheel drive (F.W.D.) trucks, which were manufactured in Clintonville, Wisconsin. They are carrying supplies and troop...
Postcard

Montello River Scene

Date: 1907
Description: View along shoreline towards two horses standing on the bank of the river. There is a tree in the foreground. Caption reads: "Montello River, Montello, Wis...
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Castle Rock near Fennimore

Date: 1906
Description: View of Castle Rock in the distance. In the foreground a woman is driving a horse-drawn carriage across a bridge. Caption reads: "Castle Rock near Fennimor...
Postcard

Fire Damage; Congregational Church

Date: 09 28 1908
Description: The Congregational Church after it was destroyed by fire in 1908. Caption reads: "Cong. Church."
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Lone Rock near Footville

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Description: View of Lone Rock. Two people are sitting in a horse-drawn buggy near a tree in the background on the left. Caption reads: "'Lone Rock' Near Footville, Wis...
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West Side Fire Station

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Description: Elevated view of a fire station with men on horse-drawn fire wagons in front. One wagon has a pump; the other has ladders. Caption reads: "West Side Fire S...

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