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Lake Geneva Downtown Restaurants

Date: 1920
Description: Downtown view. On the left side of the street is a restaurant, a photography store, a drugstore, and an ice cream parlor. On the right side is another ice ...
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Car Ferry

Date: 1920
Description: The Cassville Ferry with three cars and passengers, crossing the Mississippi River from Cassville to Turkey River, Iowa.
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W.J. Hyland Plumbing Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Ford truck of Madison plumber W.J. Hyland parked outdoors.
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Boy Scout Band

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of a Boy Scout band in front of a large brick building, possibly the old Baraboo High School. The bass drum head reads "Boy Scout Band" and ...
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Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Line

Date: 1920
Description: A view down the railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line. The depot is in the distance on the far left.
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Mission and Mission Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View from the water of the Mission, dock, Mission cottages, and Congregational Church on Madeline Island.
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Mission Inn

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left.
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Spring Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: The Spring Tavern on the way to Verona.
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Building and River

Date: 1920
Description: A large building, possibly a mill, next to a river.
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Woman with Wringer Washtub and Basket

Date: 1920
Description: Woman washing clothes outdoors with a washtub, washboard, wringer, clothespins and clothesline.
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Coast Guard Training Ship

Date: 1920
Description: View from boat of the Coast Guard ship at La Pointe. A shoreline is in the far background.
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Howard Russell and Dog Team

Date: 1920
Description: Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
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South Pediment of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1920
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol south pediment, with figures representing wisdom, equity, rectitude, executive power, meditation, prudence, calmness and cautio...
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Fourth Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the third Wisconsin State Capitol built in Madison in 1906-1917.
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International G-61 Truck Carrying Orange Smash Soda

Date: 1920
Description: International Model G-61 loaded with Orange Smash soda and parked in middle of a city street. A man is sitting in the driver's seat. The truck was owned an...
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Loading Boxes from International F/31 Truck into Refrigerated Railroad Car

Date: 1920
Description: Three men loading wooden crates from the back of an International Model F or 31 truck into a refrigerated railroad car.
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International Model F Truck in Street

Date: 1920
Description: Man in the driver's seat of an International Model F or 31 truck parked in the middle of a city street. The truck was owned by Caldabaugh Bros., proprietor...
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Men Work on Streetcar Power Lines with International Model H Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working on trolley car electrical wires (catenary) in the middle of a street. The men are standing on a platform in the back of an International Mo...
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Line of International Trucks outside Akron Works

Date: 1920
Description: Long line of International trucks on a road next to International Harvester's Akron Works. Placards on the first two trucks read: "International motor truc...

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