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Shipping Tractor Tires

Date: 09 21 1945
Description: Two workers at the United Rubber Company plant at Eau Claire, Alfred Stokes and Eugene Stafford, loading large farm tires onto a railroad car for shipment.
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Early Highway Trailer

Date: 1915
Description: An auto-trailer, an early trailer manufactured by the Highway Trailer Company of Edgerton. The company began by manufacturing trailers designed for farmer...
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Highway Trailer

Date: 1948
Description: Twin refrigerated trailers, "coldmobiles," manufactured by the Highway Trailer Co. of Edgerton.
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Gas Station

Date: 1930
Description: Gas station. The Tudor-revival style of this station represents gas station owners' trend to adopt domestic architectural styles as they moved into residen...
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Clark Station

Date: 1962
Description: Clark gasoline station near Brookfield, Wisconsin, which sold gasoline but not service work.
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Training World War I Mechanics

Date: 1918
Description: Training classes for University of Wisconsin student cadets in the repair of automobiles and trucks during World War I.
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Horse-Drawn Road Grader

Date: 1920
Description: Advanced, horse-drawn road grader in action. Here, excess dirt moves up a conveyor belt and is dumped in a wagon next to the grader.
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Grocery Truck

Date: 1921
Description: Universal Delivery Grocery Truck built by the Wisconsin Wagon Company. The photograph was taken in 1921, about the time the company relocated its operatio...
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Southgate Shopping Center

Date: 1966
Description: Entrance to the Southgate Shopping Center, Theatre, and parking lot. The proximity of parking to the stores in suburban shopping centers was one of the pr...
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Four Wheel Drive Special

Date: 1932
Description: The Miller Engine-Four Wheel Drive Special and executives of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville at the Indianapolis Speedway in 1932. FWD person...
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Snowy Traffic Jam

Date: 02 02 1967
Description: Winter scene of a snowstorm that hit Milwaukee just at rush hour creating a traffic headache for homebound commuters (seen here at Wisconsin and Milwaukee ...
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Early Titan Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Horses pulling a very early water-cooled Titan engine, one of the first models manufactured by International Harvester.
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view looking north-northwest. View includes houses, roads, farm buildings, tractor-trailors (parked), other buildings.
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Fort Crawford

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Description: Fort Crawford Hospital. Snow is on the ground.
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Camp of Road Construction Crew

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Description: Campground for employees of the Nelson Weber Construction Company photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Association during the early 1920s. Such facili...
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Aerial View of Town with Water Tower

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of town including water tower, city streets, houses, and other buildings.
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view, looking east. Highway 49 is at center.
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Our Saviour's Church

Date: 1895
Description: Our Svaiour's Church, 13 South Hancock Street. (Hancock Street and E. Washington Avenue).
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Park Street

Date: 1948
Description: Park Street at Olin Avenue, looking south. On the left is Moore's Super Service Gas Station and an eatery. On the right are residential homes.
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Loading a Wagon

Date: 01 1916
Description: A farmer shoveling corn stalks from a field into a wagon.

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