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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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Woodchuck Problem

Date: 1915
Description: At Cornfalfa Farms two men try automobile exhaust to deal with their woodchuck problem.
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Carl Schurz Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement with the Carl Schurz monument. Caption reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company, Aug. 1915", and at bottom: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right...
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Out-Freight House No. 7

Date: 1915
Description: Horse-drawn and motor freight vehicles at the Out-Freight House No. 7 of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
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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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Mogul 8-16 Tractor and Auto Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 8-16 tractor and International auto wagon parked outside silo and farm buildings.
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Automobile Near Water

Date: 1915
Description: Three men in an automobile near what may be a flooded area, or possibly an overflowed pond or river. Barren trees stand in the pool's water.
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Calves Feeding out of Bucket

Date: 1915
Description: Two calves eat out of a wooden bucket near a fence. Farm buildings and an automobile are in the background.
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Men Driving near Bayou

Date: 1915
Description: Three men driving in an automobile past a pond or bayou. There appear to be two small boats on the shoreline, and trees are rising out of the water in the ...
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Woman in Automobile

Date: 1915
Description: A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat sits behind the wheel of a Case automobile with its top folded down. A chicken or rooster stands to the right along the ...
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Group in Automobile

Date: 1915
Description: A group of two men and three women are riding on a rural dirt road in an automobile with its top folded down. There is a lake or river in the background.
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Sheridan Road in Chicago

Date: 1915
Description: View down Sheridan Road, with automobiles on both sides. The Edgewater Beach Hotel is in the background.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Joy Ride

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a man and a woman pushing their automobile through the mud because the wheels are caught in large ruts. Their feet have sunk to th...
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John W. Hoover Maple Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Barn labeled: "John W. Hoover Maple Farm, 1892." In front of the barn are two automobiles and a field. Next to the barn is a windmill and other farm buildi...
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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