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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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Reynolds Transfer Flatbed Truck

Date: 11 07 1947
Description: Reynolds Transfer flatbed trailer truck with large load of industrial equipment with two men standing by the cab.
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Trailer Explosion

Date: 05 04 1948
Description: A house trailer, owned by Edward Kirby, exploded at the Taylor trailer camp, 1038 South Park Street. The explosion was caused by a bottle gas leak. Kirby a...
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Construction of the Enzyme Laboratory

Date: 11 17 1948
Description: Construction scene of the new enzyme laboratory at 1710 University Avenue.
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Demolition on Kilbourn Avenue

Date: 04 10 1941
Description: A structure is being demolished on Kilbourn Avenue.
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Olin Park Trailer Camp

Date: 01 14 1949
Description: House trailers in the Olin Park trailer camp near Murphy's Creek (now Wingra Creek) entrance to Lake Monona, the site where two 2-year-old residents of the...
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Truck with Lumber Sled

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Description: A man driving a small General Motors truck, with chains on its rear wheels, is pulling a trailer on sleds carrying large logs. Two men are standing on the ...
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French Gratitude Train Boxcar

Date: 02 13 1949
Description: French Gratitude Train boxcar, (Merci Train) carrying gifts for the state of Wisconsin, on a flatbed truck on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol Bu...
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The Skori Excursion Boat

Date: 03 31 1949
Description: A large steel boat rests on a custom-built trailer pulled by a truck. The boat is named "Skori" and is 18 tons in weight; 60 feet long; 12 feet wide and h...
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Airstreamer Convention Officials

Date: 05 1959
Description: Trailer Convention Officials, including the Mayor and the Police Chief, standing outside near an Airstreamer.
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Sunrise

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: Early sun seeps through a tree line and buildings into a creek valley. There is a creek in the foreground.
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Horseback Riding Meet

Date: 10 06 1963
Description: Men and women with horse trailers gather beneath Castle Rock. The group gathered there for a western-style horseback riding meet.
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Storm Damage with Trailers

Date: 07 08 1951
Description: Four people are in the foreground overlooking two storm damaged large trailer homes, one piled on top of another. They and the trailers are at Elver Traile...
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Sunset Camping Grounds

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Description: View of an automobile and a pop-up camper set up near a lake at Sunset Camping Grounds. Labeled, "Chenango Trailer, Norwich, NY," the pop-up trailer compan...
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Fourth of July ESBMA Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: "Comely young women" ride the float of the Four Lakes Yachting Club in the 1952 Fourth of July parade on Capitol Square for the East Side Businessmen's Ass...
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Before It Was the Historymobile

Date: 04 1954
Description: Rollohome mobile home as received from the factory and parked at Reynolds Transfer and Storage Co. on E. Main Street prior to being moved to the State Hist...
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Oscar Mayer Wienermobile

Date: 1950
Description: Wienermobile in the Oscar Mayer parking lot. The driver is seated in the cab, but is obscured by the side mirror. Employee cars and other Oscar Mayer vehic...
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Madison Police Boat

Date: 04 02 1954
Description: Two uniformed police officers are inspecting a new 14-foot boat with a 15-horsepower outboard motor resting on a boat trailer inside the police garage. In ...
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Tractor with Trailer Loaded with Cranberries

Date: 09 1934
Description: A man driving a tractor is parked in front of a barn. The trailer on the back of the tractor is used for hauling crates of cranberries in from the fields d...
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Madison Public Library Bookmobile

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Exterior view of the new Madison Public Library bookmobile parked in front of the City-County building on Monona Boulevard.

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