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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Eight new Massie-Harris tractors are parked in the snow in front of the Martiny Implement Co., 147 Third Avenue. A crowd has gathered and men sit on the tr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A repair man checks a tire on a stand and a second inspects an inner tube while a customer looks on. Signs advertise Goodrich Tires, Bowes Seal Fast, and t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from cobblestone street of a man standing next to a police officer at the corner of Third and Oak Streets, in front of the Corner Drugstore. A horse-d... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A barn, windmill and shed on the grounds of The Farm Kitchen, a restaurant near Baraboo and Devil's Lake State Park. Stones line a parking area, and a swin... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An open cabinet in the photographer's home displays his collection of lustreware and other pottery. The collection is now owned by the Wisconsin Historical... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man with a cigar stands next to a rack displaying periodicals, including a large number of movie fan and detective magazines. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A shoemaker in striped work jacket and a tie works on a machine in his shop. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A group of 14 hunters poses in front of seven field dressed deer which hang from a rack made of metal pipe. There is a barn in the far background, left, an... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from across street of a shirtless young man standing beside an automobile in the shade of a lean-to attached to the old Ringling Hotel. Signs on the t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An interior view of a diner, showing two semi-circular counters with stools and booths along the walls. There is a jukebox on the right and a root beer bar... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Men in summer clothes stand in small groups outside of a large canvas tent. The men on the right wear badges with ribbons. In the background, a man in Nati... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from across street of a crowd sitting on the porch, lawn and street in front of the Elks Lodge (Al. Ringling house) listening to a speaker standing at... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A stocky man in a white suit stands at a lectern and microphone in front of the Elks Lodge (Al. Ringling home). Other men and women sit on the platform. A ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men and a police officer stand beside the "Pioneer," an early Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive which is parked beside the Sauk County Court... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two women and a man (a fourth rider is hidden) on horseback are enjoying the view from a bluff in Devil's Lake State Park. The Devil's Doorway rock formati... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The description on the reverse of this print describes the scene: "A horseback rider pauses to view the beauties of Devils Lake nestled among the bluffs at... |
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