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| Date: | 07 28 1957 |
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| Description: | The car and driver that won the Madison Soap Box Derby in 1957 at the starting line. The car is called "Phillipson Garage" and the driver is Van Steiner of... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the junction of Congress and First Streets downtown, featuring cars, pedestrians, storefronts, and railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large metal scrap pile in an empty lot at the Kronquest Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Billboards next to the... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | An International Model M truck parked in front of several billboard advertisements near a large brick building. The billboards include advertisements for "... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman standing in front of closed stalls on Coney Island. The framework for the Devil's Pit roller coaster rises in the background behind dilapidated si... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Automobiles approaching a turn in a paved road with billboards on either side. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depart... |
| Date: | 05 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Drum majorette leading band around the corner from West Main Street onto South Carroll Street in the Wisconsin Knights of Columbus Golden Jubilee parade. S... |
| Date: | 04 1960 |
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| Description: | The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event wa... |
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| Description: | View down Water Street, with billboards advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. There is also a bridge ... |
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| Description: | Panoramic street view, with small groups of people scattered about, and standing on the sidewalks near buildings lining the unpaved street. On the sides of... |
| Date: | 07 29 1952 |
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| Description: | Buick advertising sign in the first block of North Fairchild Street, uncovered by workers who removed another billboard that had covered the old sign. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View from bridge of City Hall at North Water, North Market, and East Wells Streets, and East Kilbourn Avenue. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms strums a guitar, with one foot resting on the bumper of a car at 629 Milton Street. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Car in a parade carrying a sign that reads "Let us pray...God damn Hitler." A large crowd watches the parade from bleachers along the side of the road. The... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View down street of St. Josephat's Basilica and the surrounding streets. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Billboard design for International Harvester Company motor trucks, features an illustration of a truck bearing the text: "Morris & Company" set against a g... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Billboard design for International Motor Trucks. The billboard features an illustration of a truck bearing the text: "Armour Company" and text that reads: ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Billboard design for International motor trucks featuring an illustration of a man driving a truck bearing the text: "Star Transfer Line" climbing a hill w... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Billboard design for International motor trucks featuring an illustration of a man driving a red truck with the initials "UTC" marked on its body. The text... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Billboard design for International motor trucks featuring an illustration of a man driving a green automobile loaded with wooden crates. The text on the bi... |
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