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Train Ride at Madison Labor Festival

Date: 08 31 1948
Description: Madison Labor officials riding on a tiny train at the 6-day Labor Festival at Olbrich Park.
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Women Pedestrians

Date: 1911
Description: Three women in large hats walking away from two streetcars on a windy day. Other men and women are standing in the background. One of the streetcars has a ...
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Kayser Safety Parade

Date: 10 07 1949
Description: A person is sitting in the driver's seat of a Ford convertible in the foreground, with a banner that reads: "25 FORDS Free" on the side. In the background ...
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Gotham Theater and Street Scene

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Description: A view of Gotham Theater and a surrounding street scene, featuring trolleys, horse-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, and an elevated railway.
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Fith Street Business District

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Description: View of the 5th Street business district, featuring pedestrians, a trolley, an automobile, storefronts, and a horse-drawn carriage.
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Walnut Street

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Description: View looking down Walnut Street in downtown which includes a trolley, pedestrians crossing the road, cars, and numerous buildings. Caption reads: "Looking ...
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Street Car

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Description: Men and a boy pose near a man driving a mule-drawn street car. Caption reads: "Street Car. Matamoros, Mex."
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Early Electric Power Street Car

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Description: A group of men pose near an electric power street car first used in 1832. A mule is hitched to the streetcar. Caption reads: "Electric Power Street Car, Me...
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Rapid Transit Car

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men and a boy pose near the rapid transit car labeled, "Aileen" and "Hotel." Caption reads: "Rapid Transit Car, Washington, GA."
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Two Horses Pulling a Trolley Car

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Description: A trolley pulled by two horses through downtown Covington, Georgia, with the Newton County Court House in the background.
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Wisconsin Centennial Exposition Entrance

Date: 08 1948
Description: View from road of crowd of people walking towards the entrance to the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition on Greenfield Avenue.
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Electric Tram

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Description: View of an open electric tram car with driver and passengers.
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Southwest Missouri Electric Railroad Company Station

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Description: View of the exterior of a station owned by the Southwest Missouri Electric Railroad Company, organized in 1893.
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Church of Rojdestva Kristova

Date: 1918
Description: View across square of the Church of Rojdestva Kristova (Nativity of Christ) near Archangel [Arkhangelsk], Russia.
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Bridge and Car Track on the Ice to Solombola

Date: 1918
Description: Tramway and railroad leading into Solombola, Russia. In the foreground are a group of people, some sawing wood and others standing by the railroad.
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Troitski Prospect

Date: 1918
Description: The main thoroughfare of Archangel, Russia, called the Troitski Prospect. It shows the electric street car traveling through the town as well as crowds of ...
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Marching Down City Street

Date: 1918
Description: DESCRIPTION QUESTION: A group of American soldiers are marching down a street in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. Next to the flag barrier is a African Ame...
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King Street

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Description: View up center of King Street towards the third Wisconsin State Capitol. There are streetcar tracks, and large power poles are along the left side of the s...
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Sid Sitting on of "Toonerville"

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Description: View of Sid sitting in his backyard on the back of his trolley car, "Toonerville," holding a stick in his hand and pretending to fish. Sid is wearing a lar...
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Allis Chalmers Plant

Date: 1935
Description: Vines are growing on the facade of the Allis Chalmers factory which extends the full width of this view. There are automobiles and a street car in the back...

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