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Group Posing with Bicycles

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Description: Group posed standing and sitting on grass with bicycles and oars in front of an open wooden building with covered hanging vines. One man is holding a set o...
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Jim Carriman with Bicycle

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, Jim Carriman, posing standing and holding a bicycle in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a ha...
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Neuss Works Entrance

Date: 1945
Description: A man rides a bicycle down a road at International Harvester's Neuss Works, surrounded on either side by rubble and buildings. The factory was heavily dama...
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Portrait of Henry Stacy and Bill Carriman on Bicycles

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting on bicycles near a prop wooden fence in front of a painted backdrop. Both men are wear...
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Wisconsin High School

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the front of Wisconsin High School.
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MEC&MC Half Ton Floor Operated Auxiliary Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company floor operated half ton auxiliary hoist. The hoist assembly is marked "1,000 Lbs," and is above a set of d...
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"Madison Kaleidoscope Needs Hawkers"

Date: 1970
Description: The Madison Kaleidoscope, an Underground newspaper, calls for hawkers. Those interested were directed to call "and ask the Pretty Lady for further S...
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Marching Band in Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A marching band in full regalia in a Fourth of July parade. They are walking in the street, spectators are along the grass near the curb, and storefronts a...
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Children with Decorated Bicycles

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A crowd of children are lines up in a park with bicycles and tricycles decorated with streamers and tissue paper before a Fourth of July parade.
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Children with Bookmobile at Playground

Date: 08 30 1938
Description: Children line up at the entrance to the Superior Bookmobile trailer. Other children ride bicycles and play in a playground in the background. The original...
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Superior Bookmobile

Date: 08 30 1938
Description: A group of children lines up outside the entrance to the Superior Bookmobile (an International truck), parked in a playground area. Other children holding ...
Poster

"What's Happening on W. Mifflin Street?"

Date: 03 14 1971
Description: Poster advertising the story of "Madison's hippie haunts" in Insight Magazine and the Milwaukee Journal. Features a street view of West Miffl...
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Three Women at Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Three women at a Civilian Defense Rally, one of whom is sitting on a bicycle. Children and adults are standing in the street and on the curb in the backgro...
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Girls Riding Bicycles

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Girls riding bicycles at a Civilian Defense Rally. The Greendale Village Hall with clock tower is visible in the background, and the street has been blocke...
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Madison — Parman's Super Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built by Clayton "Clayt" Parman in 1941, the service station at 3502 Monroe Street looks almost identical to when it opened more than sixty-five years ago.
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Milwaukee Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In 2001 the former Copeland Service Station reopened as a coffee shop in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood. The restored building is located at 4924 We...
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Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from tree-lined cobblestone street of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library. The library opened in 1900 and was funded with a gift of $150,00...
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Flooding at Nakoma Bus Stop

Date: 03 13 1950
Description: A woman is standing at a bus stop at the end of Monroe Street, the entrance to Nakoma, where puddles from melting snow cause water from passing traffic to ...
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Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from tree-lined cobblestone street of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library. The library opened in 1900 and was funded with a gift of $150,00...
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Children Sitting on the Curb

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Description: View from street of a group of ten children sitting on the curb of a street. Behind them are a house, trees, and a man on a bicycle. Seven of the ten child...

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