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Monthly Market Fair

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of farmer's wagons, teams, and pedestrian traffic crowd Princeton's main street for the monthly market fair. Some snow is on the ground and a...
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Snow Removal after a Storm

Date: 02 1933
Description: Winter scene showing snow removal vehicles working to clear the snow on Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee after a winter blizzard.
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State Street Winter Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr...
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Snow in Whitewater

Date: 03 1881
Description: Winter scene looking north along First Street to its intersection with Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin. Shows aftermath of a big snowstorm which occurre...
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Sturgeon Bay Townscape in Winter

Date: 1890
Description: A winter scene showing the courthouse, schoolhouse, and Congregational Church, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee Snowstorm

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes St. Raphael's steeple, 1 West Wilson Street state office bui...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival Parade

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Description: Elevated view of the St. Paul Ice Carnival; royal family equipages in street parade with crowd lining street. There is a real estate agency and a laundry o...
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Winter Night Street Scene

Date: 12 01 1955
Description: Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee.
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200 Block of State Street in Winter

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the north side of the 200 block of State Street between Fairchild and Henry Streets. This side was free of saloons. The south si...
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Manchester's, Inc., Fur Coat Window Display

Date: 08 08 1945
Description: Manchester's, Inc., fur coat window display showing two mannequins, one wearing a fur coat and the other wearing a coonskin cap, standing in the snow in fr...
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Tractor-Truck Unloading Paper

Date: 01 19 1939
Description: Men with tractor-truck unloading large rolls of paper at the Wisconsin State Journal, 115 South Carroll Street. Grace Episcopal Church, 110 W. Washington, ...
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Meyers Tire Co. Tire Shipment

Date: 12 13 1933
Description: Meyers Tire & Accessory Co., 215 East Washington Avenue, with a shipment of new Federal truck tires piled on the sidewalk in the front of the building. Sno...
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Mrs. Piper in Garden of Piper's Garden Cafeteria

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: View of Mrs. Piper standing in the garden of Piper's Garden Cafeteria, 120 E. Mifflin Street, after a snowstorm.
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Road Equipment Exhibit

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company road equipment exhibit, showing the right side of the crusher, with Hotel Monona, at 114 Monona Avenue in the backgroun...
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Road Equipment Exhibit

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company road equipment exhibit, showing Badger double drum hoist exhibited on Monona Avenue, with Woolworth's and Garrick Theat...
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Road Equipment Exhibit

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company road equipment exhibit showing Badger portable sand gravel bins and pit-hoppers exhibited on Monona Avenue. The Garrick...
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Road Oil Spraying Tank Truck

Date: 01 01 1929
Description: A road oil spraying tank truck is parked in front of the Garrick Theatre, located at 113-115 Monona Avenue.
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Building on Fire

Date: 01 13 1929
Description: Building on fire at Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage, 621 University Avenue.
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100 Block of State Street

Date: 1915
Description: Winter scene of the north side of the 100 Block State Street with the Unique Shop, Popcorn Shop, G & A Jewelers, Drugstore, Keeley's and the Wisconsin Stat...

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