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South African Dealership Storefront

Date: 05 12 1925
Description: View from street of two men standing near the A.F. Philip & Co. Ltd. storefront. The company was likely an International Harvester dealership. An automobil...
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Ace Hardware, Watertower, Dairy Queen

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Description: Parking lot behind Ace Hardware. A few cars are parked, and behind them is a Dairy Queen on the right. In the center on a low hill is the support structure...
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Street Scene

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Description: Signs read: "King Hardware and Lumber" "Mayors office" "W.N. Parks" "Fish Bros. Wagon Co." and "Coca-Cola." Caption reads: "Street Scene In New Albany, Mis...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street lined with businesses and full of horse-drawn carts. Business signs read: "Hooker-Hendrix Hardware Co.," "Light & Power," "Norman Hotel,...
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West Side of Square

Date: 1911
Description: View of the West side of the town square, with automobiles, horse-drawn carts, pedestrians and a fountain. The street is lined with storefronts including "...
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Testing Soil for Acidity

Date: 1913
Description: Group of men gathered to test soil for acidity. Original caption reads: "This picture was taken in Dupage County during the Alfalfa Campaign in 1913, showi...
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Shorb Hotel

Date: 1924
Description: View across intersection of the exterior of the Shorb Hotel. Boys on bicycles are in the street in front near a man standing on the curb. Automobiles are p...
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Street Scene

Date: 1924
Description: A view down a street with stores and shops. The stores include: Koffee Kup Kafe, Hotel East, Boortz Garage, a hardware store, and the State & County Deposi...
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City Street

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Description: View down a city street, lined with storefronts. Piggly Wiggly is visible at right; it was founded in 1916.
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Main Street

Date: 1935
Description: View of Main Street from sidewalk. Across the street are buildings with signs that read from left to right "First National Bank," "Johns Hardware Paints St...
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Dogs Eating Ice Cream

Date: 07 1956
Description: Dogs in a car being fed ice cream cones by a man standing on the sidewalk and a woman sitting inside the car. The car is a Rambler Custom. Across the stree...
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Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down the curved unpaved street. Two men and a dog stand under the awning of a shop on the left. Another group of men are posed near a car parked outsi...
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Reedsburg Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down center of street of a central business district. Automobiles are parked on the left, and businesses line both sides of the street. Several pedest...
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Sauk City Main Street

Date: 1924
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is a soda shop/confectioner, with two women and a baby carriage on the sidewalk in front. Further down is a ch...
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Business Section

Date: 1925
Description: View across an unpaved road of the business district. There is a man standing in front of a general store, with a hand water pump and bucket near the porch...
Postcard

Bank of Durand

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view from across street towards a two-story brick corner building, labeled as the Bank of Durand. Two Ford Model T's ...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking North

Date: 1916
Description: View of the central business district of Fairwater. Horses and wagons and automobiles in the street. A hardware store is on the left. Two men are on the ri...
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Industrial Tractor with Front Loader

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Left side profile view of a man operating a McCormick-Deering tractor with a front loader. In the background are parked automobiles, and the Cage Hardware ...
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Hardware Store and Dealership

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: View from street towards the facade of a hardware store and dealership. Men are standing at the entrance. The name on the store reads: "Cage Hardware & Imp...
Postcard

Business Block

Date: 01 20 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Business Block, Spring Green, Wis." An unpaved street with automobiles and horse drawn vehicles, many parked at the curb. Pedestrians...

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