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| Date: | 10 07 1925 |
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| Description: | An International truck used by the T.C. Power Motor Company parked along the side of the road near the sidewalk outside the company office. There is a gaso... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Street cleaner cleaning a street. A man and boy stand on the opposite sidewalk watching. Another street cleaner is on the left. Perhaps in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 12 06 1949 |
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| Description: | A fuel oil truck parks in front of a building labeled "General Heating" at 506 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 12 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Four cars park in the Pyramid Motor Company used car lot at 721 University Avenue. A company billboard is on the side of the Dictaphone Sales Agency buildi... |
| Date: | 03 24 1950 |
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| Description: | An ice truck is lying overturned on Highways 12-13 after encountering a patch of ice near Club Chanticleer west of Middleton. The truck and load of ice ove... |
| Date: | 04 10 1935 |
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| Description: | An International C-35 truck used by Poinsettia Dairy Products, Inc., parked outside a company building. A sign in the shape of a milk bottle advertises ice... |
| Date: | 04 08 1935 |
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| Description: | An International truck used by the American Bakeries Company parked alongside a road near an overpass. The text on the truck reads: "Merita Bread, Cake" an... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A car and driver stop on a country road near Mt. Horeb at the site of the Holton Tavern. A windmill and tree stand on the site and there is debris at the ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1950 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin ROTC marching units moving south down South Carroll street during a parade commemorating Armed Forces Day. The Episcopal cathedral ... |
| Date: | 08 18 1963 |
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| Description: | A gasoline station decorated with flags and pennants. Billboards are along the back fence. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | An empty billboard stands on factory grounds. In the background, field crops are visible. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Astor House hotel, with an automobile parked under trees on the left, and a large billboard for Wrigley's Spearmint gum on the right. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An International L-150 truck owned by the Fehr Baking Company parked in front of Joe's Meat Market. The side of the truck advertises "Fairmade; Fairmade is... |
| Date: | 06 09 1938 |
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| Description: | View from across road of six men and one woman standing outside the Webster and Stonehouse flour mill. Another man stands in the back of a truck to the rig... |
| Date: | 01 13 1944 |
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| Description: | War Food Administration Design No. 3, "Hungry Child." The poster features a smiling soldier feeding a spoonful of steaming peas and carrots to a destitute ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 58, featuring the raising of the stars and stripes on Mt. Suribacki, Iwo Jima by U.S. Marines February 23, 1945. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 54, "I'll Be Set." The poster features a man in a suit jacket and tie holding up 100-dollar war savings bonds in both hands. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 52, "Fighting Bonds." The poster features a service flag or banner with a blue star in the center. Red stripes emerge from the shadow o... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 53, "Roll of Honor." The poster features an unrolled scroll of parchment with a "Roll of Honor" listing the following names: Richard As... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 51, "Liberty Bell." The poster features the Liberty Bell ringing against a backdrop of holly and other Christmas decorations. On the ri... |
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