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Post Mistresss at Post Office

Date: 1917
Description: Elizabeth Lathrop, Post Mistress, stands with a dog and other people in front of the Post Office. There is a shoreline on the left.
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Coole Park Manor

Date: 1917
Description: Outside view of the Hull Cottage porch, including the boardwalk leading from the lake.
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Farmer's Market

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of the Municipal Market, which was built in 1910 but not operated successfully until July 1917 when it was run by a group of women from the D...
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Milwaukee Snowstorm

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Band Playing at Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Twelve piece brass band playing at a railroad station during the "Union Pacific Preparedness Special Campaign."
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International Model F Trucks Parked Along City Street

Date: 1917
Description: Two International 1 1/2 ton Model F trucks parked along an urban residential street. The trucks were owned and operated by Standard Oil Company and carried...
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Mogul 10-20 Tractor on Snow-Covered Street

Date: 1917
Description: Men gathered around an International Harvester Mogul 10-20 HP tractor on a snow-covered city street. A grader is attached to the tractor to plow snow. The ...
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Farm Machinery and Automobile Dealership Storefront

Date: 1917
Description: View across unpaved road towards men, boys, and a young woman standing on a sidewalk in front of the storefront of M. Liebeler Farm Machinery and Garage. T...
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Children at Work and Play in Schoolyard

Date: 1917
Description: Boys working in a garden while smaller children dance in a circle on the grounds of Middlefield No. 2 Consolidated School in Ostego County. Teachers are lo...
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Man Plows Garden Lots with Mogul 10-20(?) Tractor

Date: 1917
Description: Man using a Mogul 10-20(?) tractor with attached plow to plow garden lots in an urban residential neighborhood at Jackson Blvd. and 54th Street. "This outf...
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Deering Works Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Two women and a young girl gathering vegetables in the Deering Works vegetable garden. Original caption reads: "This garden furnished a bountiful supply of...
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Pig Freight Car on the Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people standing in front of a Soo Line freight car that was used by the railroad to promote hog transportation. This photograph was donated to the...
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Intersection of Roads

Date: 1917
Description: The intersection of Green Bay and Cedarburg roads taken for Wisconsin Highway Department.
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity House

Date: 1917
Description: Brick house at 640 North Frances Street, erected in 1906 for the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.
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12 East Gorham Street

Date: 1917
Description: A residence at 12 East Gorham Street.
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Madison View from Capitol Dome to Third Lake Ridge District

Date: 1917
Description: View from Capitol dome east to Third Lake Ridge District. Power plant is visible at center. Lake Monona is on the right.
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House on Iota Court

Date: 1917
Description: View looking uphill towards the house at 150 Iota Court, built in 1911-1912 from local sandstone for the Chi Psi fraternity.
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House on Iota Court

Date: 1917
Description: View looking down towards the house at 150 Iota Court, built in 1911-1912 from local sandstone for the Chi Psi fraternity.
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German Reformed Church

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior of the German Reformed Church.
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Woman on Platform Near Urban Street Market

Date: 1917
Description: A woman searching through a burlap sack. Two men are standing beside her on a platform near an urban street market.

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