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Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
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Woman Operating 1650 Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a woman cutting grass outside a suburban home on a 1650 Cub Cadet lawn tractor.
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Woman on 1450 Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a woman mowing the grass outside a suburban home with a 1450 Cub Cadet lawn tractor.
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Road Work with a Hough Loader

Date: 1954
Description: Man working on a suburban road with an International ID-6 and attached loader. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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Winterble Property

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Freda Winterble property, 901 University Bay Drive, looking north toward Lake Mendota, showing trees on right side of road and house on the left, 928 Unive...
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Gas-Powered Riding Lawnmower

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Description: A man wearing a hat, shirt, and tie is driving a gas-powered riding lawnmower.
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Man Driving Bulldozer

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Description: A man is sitting at the wheel of a gas powered bulldozer. In the background are equipment, supplies, and a truck with the "US Dept of Agriculture / Farm Se...
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Tractor Clearing Snow from Ice Rink

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Description: Winter scene with a tractor outfitted with a rotating brush device clearing snow from a fenced-in ice rink with overhead lights.
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Man Spraying for Mosquitoes

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Description: A man wearing a hat sprays liquid from a canister hanging from his shoulder designed to kill mosquitoes. He is in a field and trees are in the background.
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Two Men Spraying Trees

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Description: Two men spray trees for pests. One man is driving a tractor pulling a tank, while the other man follows behind holding a high pressure hose spraying the li...
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Man Standing next to Trailer

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Description: A man wearing a tie stands next to an industrial trailer used for clearing of land. The side of the trailer reads "BROS" and there are other vehicles in th...
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Men Posing with Trucks in Parking Lot

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Description: Thirteen men, all wearing hats, standing in a row in front of trucks and a tractor in a lot near an industrial building and chain link fence. Probably serv...
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Bird's-Eye View of Boaz

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of town.
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New Subdivision

Date: 02 02 1978
Description: "The camera looks to the new subdivision and beyond."
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West Suburban Transpartation Co. IH Bus

Date: 10 19 1922
Description: Right side view of a circa 1922 International Harvester bus. The side of the bus reads: "West Suburban Transportation Co. Cicero, Berwyn, Riverside, Lyons,...
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Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A barn on the Quaker Oats farm at 4202 Monona Drive.
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Cottage Grove Rd. at Acewood Blvd.

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of rural landscape with suburban construction in foreground. Cottage Grove Road is at left with the newly constructed Acewood Boulevard crossin...
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TD-18A Crawler Tractor — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a TD-18 crawler tractor. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Joh...

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