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Painters in Library Reading Room

Date: 1923
Description: Men in work clothes stand on scaffolding in the library reading room of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Desks below are covered with drop cloths. The rea...
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Beatrice Orvold, Manager of the Western Union Office

Date: 1923
Description: Beatrice Orvold, the manager of the Western Union office. Beatrice later married Leon Lamoreux, and they both taught at the U.S. Naval Training School (Rad...
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Man Photographing Man Plowing a Field

Date: 1923
Description: A photographer is taking a photograph of another man plowing a field with a tractor. The tractor is probably a Fordson and the implement dealer was probabl...
Photograph

Smedal General Store

Date: 1923
Description: View across street of exterior of the Smedal general merchandise store.
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McFarland Depot

Date: 1923
Description: View down railroad tracks of the McFarland train depot. Two men are on the platform, and a cow grazes in the grass on the left.
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Neighborhood House Album: Girls' Club

Date: 1923
Description: Image from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with girls sitting at a table sewing, Mary Lee Griggs standing and helping, and another woman standing by t...
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Boys' Woodwork Group at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Group of boys at a woodworking session in the basement shop at Neighborhood House, with boys posing with various tools and planks of wood. In the far backg...
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Christmas Play at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Performers lined up on the stage in "The Toy Shop," a Christmas play, with a Santa figure, a boy in harlequin dress, two boys in military uniforms, girls i...
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Class Portrait at Saint Raphael's School

Date: 1923
Description: Students pose outdoors in front of a stone buildings at Saint Raphael's School. Bill O'Dea is sitting cross-legged in the 1st row, first on the right. Rand...
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Beavers Insurance Company Building

Date: 1923
Description: The Beavers Insurance Building at the corner of Monona Avenue (currently Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) and Doty Street. It was built in 1921-1922 and ...
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Field Trip

Date: 1923
Description: “Station Day” (agricultural demonstration) field trip party walking out into a half-grown cornfield.
Map or Atlas

District Map, City of Madison, Wisconsin, : Showing the Districts for the Use-Heght [sic] and Area Regulations

Date: 1923
Description: This map shows local streets, parks, Lake Wingra, and parts of Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. The map includes a legend showing residential, commercial, lig...
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The Completed Expansion of the Schoelkopf Ford Dealership

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated view from across street of 210-216 E. Washington Avenue. Four cars are parked on the sidewalk in front of the building. The expansion of the Schoe...
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Schoelkopf Truck Hauling a Fordson Tractor

Date: 1923
Description: Schoelkopf truck with a Fordson tractor on the truck bed is parked outside the Schoelkopf Lincoln Ford Dealership at 210-216 E. Washington Avenue. The chur...
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Ford Truck Advertising Schoelkopf Automobile Supplies

Date: 1923
Description: The Schoelkopf advertising truck parked on the street near the store at 210-216 E. Washington Avenue. The truck advertises a number of products: Rockway Sp...
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"The Nearest Service Is Ford Service" Billboard

Date: 1923
Description: Outdoor view of a billboard from the Wis. Poster Advertising Co. promoting the Schoelkopf Ford dealership with an ad: "The Nearest Service Is Ford Service ...
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Auto Repair Shop and Oldsmobile-Cadillac Automobiles Shop

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated view looking down at the Automobile Repair Shop with a Good Year Tire sign in the window. Next door on the left is the J.I. McFarland Oldsmobile-C...
Photograph

"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1923
Description: Two men and a boy in front of a barn are posed with a Fordson tractor. The two men are wearing straw hats. A sign on the tractor reads: "We Are Power Farme...
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"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1923
Description: Two men standing behind a tractor in front of a small building on a farm. A sign in front of the tractor reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Tractor...
Map or Atlas

Plat Showing Olbrich Purchase

Date: 1923
Description: Map showing the parcel of land on the shore of Lake Monona acquired by the City of Madison for a park (today known as Olbrich Park).

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