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U.S. Sugar Company

Date: 1924
Description: Two women standing on path in front of the Garver Feed Mill, which was originally a sugar beet processing factory.
Photograph

Ely Residence

Date: 1924
Description: Richard T. Ely residence, 205 North Prospect Street. This house is Georgian revival in style and was built by Richard & Anna Ely in 1896. The architect was...
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Park Hotel Bus

Date: 1924
Description: International Harvester-made bus of the Park Hotel, probably photographed near the railroad station where it was picking up passengers. This small jitney-t...
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A Snowy West Washington Avenue

Date: 1924
Description: Winter scene of a deeply snow-covered West Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin. In the background is the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Aerial View Across Isthmus

Date: 1924
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison lower campus and the surrounding neighborhoods. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the background.
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Aerial View Across Isthmus

Date: 1924
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison aerial view overlooking the lower campus and surrounding neighborhoods. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the background...
Map or Atlas

A Historical Map of Madison

Date: 1924
Description: This pictorial map focuses on the Madison Isthmus, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, and shows points of historical interest, buildings, parks, and I...
Map or Atlas

Plan Now to See Madison, The Four Lake City, Wisconsin : The City Built on an Isthmus

Date: 1924
Description: Intended for tourists, this brochure, titled: "Plan Now to See Madison, The Four Lake City: "The City Built on an Isthmus," features a map of Madison and s...
Photograph

Portrait of a Schoelkopf Service Station Attendant

Date: 1924
Description: Portrait of a Schoelkopf Service superintendent posing with hands on hips against a brick wall outdoors. He has a button on his shirt that reads: "4, Schoe...
Photograph

We Are Power Farmers

Date: 1924
Description: A middle-aged man stands holding an agricultural implement in a field of tobacco plants. A sign next to him reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Trac...
Photograph

"Reliable Power"

Date: 1924
Description: View of front of young girl standing at the side of a Fordson farm machinery. A sign on the tractor reads: "Reliable Power. Over 200 Dane County farmers ar...
Photograph

"Stop the Driver"

Date: 1924
Description: View down street towards a Fordson tractor hitched to a wagon hitched to a single seat plow. The sign on the wagon reads: "Stop the Driver, He Wants to Sho...
Photograph

"Question: Why Feed Horses the Year Round?"

Date: 1924
Description: View down street towards a wagon with a sign on the side that reads: "Question: Why Feed Horses the Year Round? The Tractor Only "Eats When It Works". Its ...
Photograph

Ford Truck Delivering Baggage

Date: 1924
Description: Two men pose standing beside a Ford delivery truck piled high with baggage. The truck is parked near the top of East Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Auto Wash Building

Date: 1924
Description: View up ramp towards the "Auto Wash" entrance door of a brick building using the Air-lec pneumatic door opening system invented by Louis Schoelkopf.
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison Township

Date: 1924
Description: A map of the Madison Township, T7N R9E including Lake Mendota showing the location of Ho Chunk encampments and effigy mounds.

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