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Street Musician with Violin and Dog

Date: 1915
Description: A street musician named Frank Ritter playing violin on a city sidewalk (possibly in Chicago), with a dog leashed to his belt. A tin cup is attached to the ...
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Agricultural Extension Lecture from Car

Date: 1915
Description: Professor Holden of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department expounds the benefits of alfalfa from the back seat of a car.
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Flag Raising at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1915
Description: Crowd gathered outside International Harvester's Tractor Works for the raising of an American flag. The factory was located at 2600 West 31st Blvd., and wa...
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Belle Case La Follette Speaking Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., wearing a black dress and hat and speaking outdoors at an unidentified location.
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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...
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Argonne

Date: 1915
Description: View down the unpaved main street of Argonne. The inn in the right foreground was the Commercial House. Across the street, the first building on the left...
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Second Street

Date: 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of Second Street, with an automobile on the street, two sets of streetcar tracks, pedestrians on the sidewalk, and a large brick bui...
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Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder Car

Date: 1915
Description: Rear view of Robert Taylor's car, which he used for his work as the Milwaukee Journal's first photographer. A sign displayed across the spare tire r...
Postcard

First National Bank

Date: 1915
Description: View across street toward the bank on a street corner. Caption reads: "First National Bank, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis."
Postcard

New Hotel Dayton

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the hotel on a street corner. Caption reads: "New Hotel Dayton, Kenosha, Wisc."
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Main Street Looking West

Date: 1915
Description: View down center of Main Street. Automobiles are parked at the curbs, and streetcar tracks are running up the street. Caption reads: "Main Street Looking W...
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Jeffery Car

Date: 1915
Description: A 1915 Jeffery, with a special body made by the W.S. Seaman Company parked in front of the company's Milwaukee plant. The Seaman company manufactured bodi...
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Jonas Ambulance

Date: 1915
Description: A 1915 Jonas Ambulance on a road near a river. Its body was produced by the W.S. Seaman Company.
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Armour and Company Packard Truck

Date: 1915
Description: A 1915 Packard Truck owned by Armour and Company. Its body was produced by the W.S. Seaman Company.
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Buick Jitney Bus

Date: 1915
Description: A 1915 Buick Jitney Bus for the Milwaukee City Bus Line. Its body was produced by the W.S Seaman Company. The building in the background has a sign that r...
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Simmon's Company Packard Truck

Date: 1915
Description: A 1915 Packard Truck owned by the Simmons Manufacturing Company. The body was produced by the W.S. Seaman Company.
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Packard 2-Ton Truck

Date: 1915
Description: A Packard 2-ton truck owned by the Chain Belt Company. Its body was produced by the W.S. Seaman Company.
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Cadillac with Jonas Top

Date: 1915
Description: A 1915 Cadillac with Jonas top, the body of which was constructed by the W.S. Seaman Company.
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Rachel Jastrow

Date: 1915
Description: Rachel S. Jastrow campaigning for women's suffrage from the back of an automobile with a banner reading "Votes for Women."

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