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| Date: | 05 23 1931 |
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| Description: | Madison Motor Car Co. — Tracy Boat Co. Dodge boat, mounted on the back of a truck, with 5 passengers and a sign advertising "Young Sinners." In front of St... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: Panoramic View of Minocqua, Wis." A railroad bridge is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 11 17 1909 |
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| Description: | A riverboat travels down a narrow canal. Storefronts, sidewalks and telephone poles line either side of the canal. Caption reads: "St. Clair Up-to-Date." ... |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A float of a Viking ship is being pulled by a vehicle decorated as a fish, "the Spirit of Sca... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A gondola float with a band playing Italian music is coming down the street. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The front and back of a postcard featuring a drawing of the Detroit skyline as seen from Windsor, Ontario that was sent by Alice and Floyd Quinney during t... |
| Date: | 07 04 1952 |
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| Description: | "Comely young women" ride the float of the Four Lakes Yachting Club in the 1952 Fourth of July parade on Capitol Square for the East Side Businessmen's Ass... |
| Date: | 06 14 1961 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of North and South Harbor Tracts, looking north from South Pier No. 2. There are skyscrapers in the background. there are multiple items of mac... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Angle Worm Station, at the foot of South Carroll Street on Lake Monona. The signs on the building advertise: the "Dane County Fair," "Nichols Sells Souveni... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of the streetcars on Barstow Street, with commercial buildings and pedestrians. There is a boat on the sidewalk on the right. Caption reads: "Barstow ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the La Crosse Harbor. On the right are two people in a small excursion boat. Along the shoreline is the paddle steamer "St. Paul,... |
| Date: | 09 1939 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin float in the 1939 American Legion Convention parade features a log cabin and a boat and is decorated with small evergreen trees and boughs. T... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, boats of every description are parked on the 10 block of West Main... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | Participating in the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, is Ben Swetmore who is checking out one of the boats parked ... |
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