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Mailing Letters from a Car

Date: 01 20 1959
Description: A driver mails a letter in a roadside mailbox from a car on the corner of Monona Avenue and Doty Street. The photograph was taken with a long-lens camera.
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Automobiles Driving in Melting Snow

Date: 02 23 1959
Description: Cars driving through puddles from melting snow along North Shore drive near the Chicago & North Western railroad tracks.
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is shown telling about her first experience with parallel parking of her car. She said: "I never thought I could parallel park."
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is gesturing to explain her first experience with parallel parking. Title on page is: "A Lady With a Car Can Park Too!"
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is shown gesturing to explain her first experience with parallel parking her car. She said: "And, somehow, I got in the space with no troub...
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Main Street Flood

Date: 03 26 1920
Description: A view of a car coming down Main Street during the flood of March 1920. Caption reads: "Main St."
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Dedication of New Main Street

Date: 10 20 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of the parade for the dedication of the new Main Street. W.A. Holt is driving his automobile, which is decorated with garlands, in t...
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Lucy Rumsey Holt Driving a Car

Date: 1910
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt driving a car. Her father Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War veteran, is sitting on the passenger side. Men are standing in front of the Hol...
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Officer Helps Children Cross Street

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Description: A uniformed police officer is holding hands with three children. They are standing in a crosswalk at the corner of Spring and Main streets. Behind them on ...
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Emergency Snow Route

Date: 01 1972
Description: Automobiles are traveling through a winter storm on snow-covered roads.
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New Waverly

Date: 04 09 1911
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt is driving her new electric car with her husband, W.A. Holt, who is sitting in the passenger seat.
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Flood Waters from the Oconto River

Date: 04 13 1922
Description: The car is plowing through flood waters on Main Street. Commercial buildings and telephone poles are in the background.
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Man Driving Car in Deep Snow

Date: 1909
Description: View towards a man driving a car in deep snow on a street. Commercial buildings are in the background. The driver's seat is on the right side, and the side...
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Parting for Progress

Date: 1961
Description: Two automobiles driving on a highway cutting between two halves of a rock outcropping. The rock was blasted to build the road.
Postcard

Barton Road

Date: 12 10 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Barton Road, West Bend, Wis." A man is driving an automobile on a muddy, unpaved road with a pond on both sides. Two farm buildings a...
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E. Hoffmann Price in the "Juggernaut"

Date: 1933
Description: Ed Hoffmann Price is pictured at the wheel of his automobile the "Juggernaut". A metal gate along the running board is holding in a suitcase and a can of "...
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Man Posing in Old Car

Date: 1918
Description: A man poses behind the wheel of a car in the foreground. In the background on the left two women are on the porch of a building with a false front. In the ...
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International Scout SS-II

Date: 08 23 1978
Description: View towards a man driving a Scout SS-II up a road. News Photo sheet reads: "The 1979 International Scout SS-II is the Scout designed for four-wheel drive ...
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International Scout SS-II on Racetrack

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Description: Driver's side view of an International Scout SS-II on a racetrack. In the background are spectators watching the race from behind a fence.
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International Scout II

Date: 08 23 1978
Description: View toward a man driving an International Scout II on a curved road.

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