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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1927
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, in a posed shot for their appearance in Florenz Ziegfeld's production of Show Boat.
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1927
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, posed as a Latin couple. The Sidell Sisters were from Madison, Wisconsin. They were students of Leo T. Kehl and th...
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Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
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Fox River

Date: 1927
Description: View down hill towards the Fox River from the Eleazer Williams home. A group of people are automobiles are near a road near the shoreline.
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Main Street Bridge above the Fox River

Date: 1927
Description: Main Street Bridge raised to let boats pass through the locks on the Fox River.
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H.L. Mencken Having a Beer for Breakfast

Date: 1927
Description: H.L. Mencken sits at the breakfast table reading the newspaper and dining on toast and a goblet of beer. He autographed the photograph with "Breakfast in t...
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1927
Description: View of the Masonic temple. Caption reads: "Masonic Temple, Hudson, Wis."
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Horticulture Building at the State Fair

Date: 1927
Description: Crowds walking past the Horticulture Building at the Wiconsin State Fair. In a pavilion above the building the Aluminum Goose Manufacturing Co. Band of Ma...
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Production of Maple Syrup

Date: 1927
Description: Man in "sugar bush" (grove of maples) boiling down maple sap in production of maple syrup. Probably Wisconsin.
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Heeb Automotive Equipment Company Building

Date: 1927
Description: The Heeb Automotive Equipment Company building 401 West Gorham Street. They also sold Sparton Radios. Built 1927, the building was bought by the city in 1...
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House on West Gorham at North Broom Streets

Date: 1927
Description: House with a wooden fence on the corner of West Gorham Street at North Broom Street.
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Bashford Farmhouse

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior of the Bashford farmhouse.
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John Bordner in Hay Field

Date: 1927
Description: John S. Bordner standing in a hay field.
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Taliesin

Date: 1927
Description: View of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and studio after its reconstruction in 1914-1915 and after a fire in February of 1927. Taliesin is located...
Postcard

Elevated View of Main Street

Date: 1927
Description: Elevated view of Main Street with automobiles lining either side. An ice cream parlor is visible on the right side, as are a dry cleaning and tailoring bu...
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Monument Square

Date: 1927
Description: View towards Monument Square on the right, with multiple vehicles parked along the street to the left.
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Service Truck Stuck in the Snow

Date: 1927
Description: A rural electric service man stuck in the snow while making his rounds during the winter of 1926-1927 despite the fact that his Ford truck was mounted on r...
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Old Military Trail Marker

Date: 1927
Description: Military road marker erected in 1927 by Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution at the foot of the old road opposite Prairie du Chien. The road was built...
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Residential Street

Date: 1927
Description: A view looking down an unpaved residential street. Caption reads: "Scene at Phlox Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1927
Description: View across Main Street towards buildings on the left. In the center is Shurtleffs Ice Cream, Cigars, and Candy Shop. Automobiles are parked at an angle al...

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