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Gay Building

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the neoclassical Gay Building, named after Madison developer Leonard W. Gay, at 16 N Carroll Street, one of the first high-rise buildings ...
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Driving Down Muddy Dirt Road

Date: 1915
Description: Man driving an automobile down a muddy dirt road. Caption on back reads: "Grading road with surfacing." The photograph was taken for International Harveste...
Postcard

High School

Date: 1915
Description: View from field towards the high school. There is a small group of people sitting on front steps, and an automobile is parked in front on the left. Houses ...
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Unidentified Street

Date: 1915
Description: A horse and wagon for the Milwaukee Brewery Co. and a car are parked on the road near the curb. The road is lined with residences.
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State Street

Date: 1915
Description: View looking down State Street lined with trees and houses. Automobiles are parked along the curbs on both sides.
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Ridgewood Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: View across lawn toward the Ridgewood Hotel with an automobile parked in front. A flag is flying from the top of the hotel. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the...
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Main Street Park

Date: 1915
Description: View of main street from a city park, including parked cars and store fronts.
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Katherine Quinney

Date: 1915
Description: Katherine (Kate) Quinney, Richard Quinney's great aunt, crocheting while seated on the running board of a Ford Model T in the yard of her family's farm.
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Motor Truck Parked Outside Residence

Date: 1915
Description: International truck parked on a street outside a suburban residence. The words "Marry the Girl" are painted on the side.
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Chassis of International Model M Truck

Date: 1915
Description: Exposed chassis of an International Model M truck propped up in a garage or factory.
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Alfalfa Campaign Crew Outside Residence

Date: 1915
Description: "Crew No. 2" of the Agricultural Extension's "Alfalfa Campaign" standing out in front of residential home with equipment, including rolled up lecture chart...
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The Sun-Set

Date: 1915
Description: View across sandy beach with grasses toward a group of people standing near the staircase to what appears to be a large boarding house or hotel. The first ...
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Thor 5

Date: 1915
Description: Thor 5 motorcycle. A number of automobiles are parked along the curb in the background.
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Vehicles Parked at Agricultural Instruction Meeting

Date: 1915
Description: View down road of horses with horse-drawn carriages parked on the left near what appears to be a park. On the right automobiles are parked along near comme...
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Elevated City View

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a city, featuring the Trinity (1813-1814), United (1812-1815), and Center Churches (1812-1814) and the Phelps Gateway. People gather on t...
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Car Ferry on Shoreline

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of ferry carrying three automobiles on the Mississippi River. An excursion boat is in the water nearby, and buildings are on the far sh...
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Ontario Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene with a gas station and restaurant on the left and parked cars on the right. Two men stand in front of the service station, and further down th...
Postcard

Broad Street, Looking East

Date: 1915
Description: View down a tree-lined street in a residential neighborhood featuring large houses with porches. There is an automobile driving down the street and a man w...
Postcard

Man, Boy and Automobile

Date: 1915
Description: Man and small boy posing at the back of a Ford automobile in a farm yard.
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Elbert Blow Farmhouse

Date: 1915
Description: Farmhouse of the Elbert Blow family with a Ford roadster.

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