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TV Dealership Rarick's Hardware

Date: 12 06 1956
Description: View across street toward Rarick's Hardware, a color television dealer. A group of people are posing on the sidewalk in front of the show windows. A truck ...
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Fisherman's Wharf

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Description: Boats and buildings on a fisherman's wharf.
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Man Driving Truck

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Description: A man driving an early truck (ca. 1910). The front is labeled "Sampson".
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Cheese Row

Date: 1945
Description: View across railroad tracks towards Cheese Row. Automobiles and trucks are parked near the buildings. Caption reads: "Cheese Row, Monroe, Wis."
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Milwaukee Mail Truck

Date: 1909
Description: Milwaukee's first mail truck, here referred to as an "auto car." The date comes from a similar postcard that is postmarked. Caption reads: "Auto Car in Ma...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Trout on Truck

Date: 1976
Description: Photomontage of a giant trout resting on the back of a bright red flatbed pickup truck. Children look on with awe; one is pointing at the trout. White curs...
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International G/61 Gas Truck

Date: 1922
Description: A man fills up an International Model G or 61 truck for the Associated Gasoline Company at Bakers' Service Station.
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Railroad Station at Hudson

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the railroad station in Hudson. There is a truck and a wagon parked alongside the tracks. A railroad car is parked just...
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East Troy House

Date: 07 1925
Description: This substantial wooden hotel in the classical revival style has a large wing in the rear and another on the right. A wrap-around porch unifies the buildin...
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Taliesin Entrance with Vehicle

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Description: Exterior view of Taliesin with a vehicle, probably a truck, parked at the entrance gate. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Refugees after Tet

Date: 1968
Description: A crowd of pedestrians, trucks, and cyclists on a road waiting to go through an arch in a damaged building amid the post-Tet destruction in Hue.
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Street Scene after Tet

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of refugees after the Tet Offensive, camped out front of their damaged homes. Although not identified, it is believed the image is a street s...
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open back of a pickup truck. The truck, equipped with chains on the rear tires, has driven down a wooden ramp onto the ice. There is...
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open bed of a pickup truck as a third person walks away. The truck, equipped with snow tires, is parked on the ice just offshore.
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open bed of a pickup truck parked on the ice. There is a rudimentary plank ramp in the foreground. Buildings are faintly visible on t...
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Tree Planting Crew

Date: 05 1911
Description: A pickup truck carrying a crew of 12 men is parked between two automobiles in front of a barn. The truck is identified as "Bingham & Lawrence Fruit and Nur...
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Street Scene showing Lake Superior in Distance

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Description: Colorized postcard view down a street (Rittenhouse Avenue) to Lake Superior. The street is lined with businesses and parked cars. Caption reads: "Street Sc...
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Main Business District

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of the main business district. Cars are parked in front of businesses, and are driving down the road. A flagpole and stop signs are in the fo...
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Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view down the street towards the central business district; a post office, a gas pump and a bar. Two cars, a truck and some people ar...
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Broadway, East De Pere

Date: 1920
Description: View down center of street towards automobiles and trucks parked at an angle along the curbs in the central business district. Caption reads: "Broadway, Ea...

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