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Woman in Alley

Date: 1915
Description: View from cobblestone street of a woman wearing a skirt and head scarf moving a barrel of discarded vegetables in an alley. Probably taken near an outdoor ...
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Children in Tenement Section

Date: 1923
Description: Children joining hands while playing in an alleyway between brick buildings in an area of tenement housing. A line of laundry suspended over the alley is h...
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500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The...
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Police Station

Date: 1900
Description: A man walks by the Madison police station, a two-story brick building with corner turret on the corner of South Webster Street. The fire station was across...
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National Casket Company Truck

Date: 03 30 1925
Description: A man loads a wooden box containing a casket onto the back of a Model 33 International truck owned by the National Casket Company.
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Street Scene

Date: 09 17 1926
Description: Downtown street scene and alley near Commercial and Canal Streets. This image was used in a Circuit Court case.
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International K-8 Truck at Alley Loading Dock

Date: 1941
Description: International K-8 truck and trailer owned by Jack Marsh Motor Transport. Two men are loading or unloading the truck in an urban alley. Original caption rea...
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Street Scene with Billboards

Date: 1920
Description: A man stands near the backs of billboards on the left along a street or alley. Power lines lead to the horizon, over what appear to be businesses or indust...
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Man Standing on Tractor at Osborne Works

Date: 1907
Description: A man stands on the back of a tractor holding the steering wheel. The man is dressed in a suit, bow tie, and hat, and is smoking a cigarette. Text on the t...
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Elevated View of Street

Date: 10 30 1925
Description: Elevated view of street through a neighborhood from a railroad embankment. A truck and driver can be seen in the intersection. An elevated bridge is just v...
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Woman on Porch, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "The 69 year-old woman on the front porch lives alone at the bottom of this unpaved, unlighted, ungraded alley. The building next to her is empty. She hea...
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Houses, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "The hydrant (blurred right center foreground) is shared by 21 people in 8 families. No streetlights, though the alley is well over 100 yards long. The lan...
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Man on Porch, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: In the foreground, a man with a cane on a porch looks down towards the camera. In the background, a man walks down the alley. "The alley is long, dark and ...
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Woman Outside House, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A woman stands next to a home near a woodpile. Behind the trees in the background, more homes are visible. "Houses are built in rows and cover the hill fro...
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View, De Marco Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "A water faucet located at the top of the hill (the upper end of the alley) behind the boy is used by eleven families, 28 people, who live in the buildings...
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Young Man Using Outdoor Faucet, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "This hydrant supplies ten families (sixteen persons) with water. Three of these persons are over sixty-five-years-old and live alone."

Griffin Alley hou...

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Gribble Brothers' Imperial Cafe

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Description: View from unpaved street of the Gribble Brothers Imperial Cafe, which is a two-story wood frame building with a small porch and balcony. Two men are standi...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Installation Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Company horse-drawn service and installation wagon in front of the Telephone Building. Two men sit in the wagon. A man stands in the do...
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522 First Avenue

Date: 1908
Description: View from the street of three people standing in front of a small house. There is a small Oeil-de-boeuf window in the upper story. The windows have shutter...
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Clearing a Path with a Snowblower

Date: 01 12 1963
Description: Winter scene with teenage boy snow blowing the driveway of a house. His letter jacket has "64" on the sleeve. He is also wearing a stocking cap with pom-po...

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