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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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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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Milwaukee Snowstorm

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Fire

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: The east wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol is surrounded by onlookers during the disastrous fire that caused severe damage. The conflagration began...
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Automobile Accident

Date: 11 30 1934
Description: View across street towards a group of people looking at the automobile driven by W.B. Peterson which climbed the concrete abutment guarding a safety island...
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Delivering "Fresh Beef Guts" with International Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Driver delivering "Fresh Beef Guts and Provisions" in an International Model H 1 1/2 ton truck. The truck was owned by A. Levine. The Model H was produced ...
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Surveying Capitol Fire Damage

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Damage caused to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol by the fire of February 26-27, 1904. In the foreground is a duplicate of the "Centennia...
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Walking to School

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Description: Winter scene with children bundled-up against the cold carrying their lunch pails down a snowy rural path to the one room school house called the Pahquahah...
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Peshtigo Train Depot

Date: 1920
Description: View down platform towards the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad. A box car of the Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad is sitting on a rail s...
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View of 400 Block of State Street

Date: 1929
Description: View of T. Gullman Shoes, Simon Brothers Vegetables, and H.J. Minch Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay on the north corner of the 400 block of State Street. There ...
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Sauk County Courthouse

Date: 1905
Description: View towards a street corner. A dog and a man are standing in the street near a family sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. Snow is on the ground. Behind the...
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Site of Future Bridge

Date: 1922
Description: Construction site with construction crew working, people walking on the sidewalk, and a billboard advertising Oshkosh B'gosh.
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Polish Immigrant Women

Date: 1895
Description: Polish immigrant women at the Market Square wearing traditional, national clothing. In the background are brick buildings. A sign on one building reads: "C...
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Market Square

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of Polish immigrants in Market Square with horse-drawn lumber sledges and hay wagons. Commercial buildings are in the background. A sign on o...
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Winter Street Scene

Date: 1914
Description: Snow covers a streetcar and pedestrians walk through a snow-covered street.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: A winter scene of the Capitol Square during the year's record snowstorm. Pictured are Mrs. Francis (Mayme) Harrison, 304 West Main Street, with her two ch...
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Pedestrians on Street Near Fire

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Description: A large cloud of smoke blankets the end of the road, and snow covers the ground. Pedestrians are the sidewalks. A woman is running across the street, and a...
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Old Science Hall

Date: 1884
Description: View from Bascom Hill towards the west facade of the original Science Hall building (1876-1884) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus after the fir...
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New York City Snow Removal

Date: 1939
Description: A man plows snow with an International I-30(?) tractor on a New York City street. Men with shovels are standing on the sidewalk.
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Plowing after Snowstorm with International A Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Man using an International A tractor to plow a street. Original caption reads: "The Village of Forest Park, Illinois uses this International A tractor and ...

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