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Mechanics at Work on Truck Engines

Date: 10 22 1943
Description: Mechanics repairing truck engines in the service department of an International Harvester dealership.
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Kayser's Used Car Lot at Night

Date: 07 06 1938
Description: Kayser's R&G Used Car lot at night with neon sign on arch at 710 E. Washington Avenue. There is also a sign painted on the side of a brick building on the ...
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Jacobson Motors

Date: 02 08 1938
Description: View at night of Olaf S. Jacobson Motors garage, 1501 Monroe Street, after Art Deco remodeling. The business was located on the corner of Regent and Monroe...
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Kaysers Stadium Garage

Date: 04 12 1947
Description: View across street of Kaysers, Inc. Stadium Garage and Pure Oil Station, 1501 Monroe Street, at the corner of Regent Street.
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Eddie Peabody with New Car

Date: 10 1947
Description: Eddie Peabody with his new Lincoln Continental, receiving the title from Lucien S. Hanks, general manager of Kayser Motors, Inc., 1501 Monroe Street. Eddie...
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Kayser Motors

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: Five automotive technicians work on engines inside the engine rebuilding department at Kayser Motors.
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Trucks in Show Room at Manhattan Branch

Date: 04 06 1937
Description: Three trucks parked in the showroom of International Harvester's Manhattan truck branch. Large show windows are in the background which look out on a stree...
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Parts Department

Date: 1937
Description: The parts counter and display at a General Motors dealership. Merchandise on display includes parts and accessories by Buick, Chevrolet, and Prestone, as ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down retail street. Cars are parked along the curbs. The stores include: Victrola's dealer, a cafe, a recreation parlor, a restaurant, a clothing stor...
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Looking North on Main Street

Date: 1923
Description: A busy street scene on Main Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Cars are parked in the middle of the street, and triangle flag banners hang above. The shops have...
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Car Slogan Contest Winners

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: Five adults and three children posing in front of a prize new 1957 Chevorlet. On the left is Warner Young, chairman of the Madison Automobile Dealers Assoc...
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Group of Men in Bus

Date: 1912
Description: Three-quarter view from front of a group of men sitting in an Internatioal bus which is parked at the curb near what appears to be an International Harvest...
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of the central business district looking down middle of street. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the curbs. On ...
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Buick Auto Garage

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Description: View across road of D.A. Meister's Garage, with a fire truck parked in front and an automobile parked at the curb on the right. One boy is sitting on the f...
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First Schoelkopf Car Dealership

Date: 1902
Description: View across street towards car dealership on the first floor of a two-story brick building. The first Louis Schoelkopf car dealership was on State Street, ...
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Fordson Tractor in Front of Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership

Date: 1920
Description: Fordson tractor parked in the street in front of Louis Schoelkopf's building at 210 E. Washington Avenue. The tractor has a battery on wheels attached to t...
Postcard

Street Scene

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Description: Photographic postcard view down center of street towards a commercial district. There are car dealerships, gas stations and other businesses, with automobi...
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Repair Shop at Dealership

Date: 05 04 1928
Description: Two men are working on an engine and a tractor in a repair shop at a dealership. A row of windows are in the background.

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