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Happy New Year from Trukenbrod's

Date: 1919
Description: W.F. Trukenbrod posing on the sidewalk underneath the awning of his store for this New Year's postcard. Text on right reads: "We Wish You A Happy New Year ...
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Owen Railroad Depot

Date: 1919
Description: The office of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. Left to right: Bert Spaulding, an Owen business man; mail clerk Frank Dick; L.H. Lu...
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Parade of the 32nd Division

Date: 1919
Description: Parade celebrating the return of the 32nd Division after World War I.
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Robert M. La Follette Jr., and his Mother

Date: 1919
Description: Snapshot of Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and Belle Case La Follette seated on a bench during a California vacation. They made this trip without Robert M. L...
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First Message to Civilization

Date: 1919
Description: A group of Jewish people dressed as Old Testament characters standing in front of American and Israeli flags.
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Exile into Babylon

Date: 1919
Description: A group of Jewish people dressed as Old Testament characters standing in front of the flag of Israel .
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The Jewish Rebirth

Date: 1919
Description: A Jewish man, woman, and child dressed as Old Testament characters standing in front of an Israeli flag.
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Kissel Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Kissel truck owned by Washington County entering a gravel pit.
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Janesville's Hotel Myers

Date: 1919
Description: Hotel Myers, in downtown Janesville. Richard Lloyd Jones was born in Janesville in 1873 and lived there until his father, Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones moved th...
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Janesville's Milwaukee Street looking east from the Bridge

Date: 1919
Description: Street scene with pedestrians near Milwaukee Street bridge. The Hotel Myers is in the background. The Lappin-Hayes Block is seen to the right of the Myer...
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State Line Sign & Dick Lloyd Jones

Date: 1919
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones standing on the state line sign between Wisconsin and Illinois. This picture was taken when the Lloyd Jones family moved from M...
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Leaving Chicago & "Going over to Michigan"

Date: 1919
Description: Florence (Bis) Lloyd Jones on a ship, possibly the City of St. Joseph, on Lake Michigan when the Richard Lloyd Jones family was moving from Madison ...
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Leaving Chicago

Date: 1919
Description: Pier and a ship at Chicago, taken from aboard another vessel. Taken by the Richard Lloyd Jones family during their move from Madison to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Martin House, 327 Milton Ave. Janesville

Date: 1919
Description: French Second Empire style, C. Loftus Martin House, 327 Milton Ave., built ca. 1868. Three children stand in yard. Richard Lloyd Jones was born in Janesvil...
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Janesville's East Milwaukee Street

Date: 1919
Description: Looking east down East Milwaukee Street. Commercial intersection in downtown, with pedestrians walking across the street over street-railroad tracks. The ...
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Janesville's Downtown

Date: 1919
Description: Pedestrians in shopping district. Cars are parked and a streetcar is coming down the street.
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Four P&H Lattice Girder Bridges & Trolley Hoists

Date: 1919
Description: Four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder bridges trolley hoists used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane and the banner on...
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Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad

Date: 1919
Description: Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad outside having a conversation. Burke has on athletic wear, bloomers and a sweater. This picture may have been...
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Bridget O'Keefe Quinney

Date: 1919
Description: Brigit O'Keefe Quinney, Richard Quinney's great grandmother, sitting next to the family's farmhouse and flowering hollyhocks.
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Norma Talmadge and a Rat Terrier Dog

Date: 1919
Description: A snapshot of the actress Norma Talmadge wearing a bathing suit. She is sitting on a table behind a rat terrier that is sitting up on its haunches. She was...

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