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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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Matherton's Garage

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Description: Sign on sidewalk for Matherton's garage, an agency for "Ford, The Universal Car." Location unknown. The sign is set up in front of a show window, which has...
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"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...
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"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1924
Description: A smiling man dressed in coveralls and a hat stands on a lawn next to a sign that reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Tractor Purchased from Schoelk...
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"We are Power Farmers"

Date: 1924
Description: Group portrait of a farmer and five children posing with a sign that reads: We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Tractor Purchased from Schoelkopf, Authorize...
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"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...
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"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...
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"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 ...
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Corben Jenny Advertising Society Brand Clothes

Date: 1919
Description: Left side view of a man driving the Corben Jenny with "Society Brand Clothes" painted on the fuselage. The airplane is moving down a field. In the foregrou...
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Madison Auto Good Roads Highway Patrol Vehicle

Date: 1919
Description: Two men in suits and hats pose outdoors near a Madison Auto Good Roads Highway Patrol vehicle parked at the curb. On the side of the truck are painted sign...
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The Dohm Bros Store

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Description: View across unpaved street towards the Dohm Brothers storefront. There are several advertising signs on the two-story building, including "French Auto Oil,...
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Storefront with Advertisement for Gold Medal Flour

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Description: Brick storefront with advertisement for Gold Medal Flour that reads: "Eventually Washburn-Crosby's Gold Medal Flour, Why Not Now." Telephone and electrical...

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