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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ...
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Taylor's Super Service Gas Station

Date: 01 06 1939
Description: View from street towards two men filling the gas tanks of a car and truck at Jack D. Taylor's Super Service Station, 751-753 Williamson Street. This Art De...
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Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down main street with storefronts on both sides, with large power lines along the sidewalks stretching into the distance, and a hill in the background...
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Oxygen Delivery

Date: 11 04 1940
Description: James Robinson and E. Newton of the Professional Pharmacy prepare to load a Linde oxygen tank for home delivery.
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Men Work on Streetcar Power Lines with International Model H Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working on trolley car electrical wires (catenary) in the middle of a street. The men are standing on a platform in the back of an International Mo...
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Royal Airport

Date: 05 05 1932
Description: Two airplane pilots and a third man are standing in front of a Northwest Airways air mail plane at Madison's Royal Airport. There are automobiles parked ne...
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Mrs. Katherine McCullough Speaking in Sister Bay

Date: 06 27 1912
Description: Suffragist Mrs. Katherine McCullough speaking to a gathering in front of the store and post office run by Mrs. W. Bunda in Sister Bay.
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Curtiss-Wright Field

Date: 03 17 1931
Description: A scene at Curtiss-Wright Field in Milwaukee. Pictured are Arthur D. Gaspar, a Waukesha funeral director, and Paul Trier, the pilot of the Curtiss Thrush. ...
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Filming from an International C-1 Station Wagon

Date: 08 11 1936
Description: Four-man crew demonstrating their filming techniques with an International C-1 wood-paneled ("woody") station wagon in front of Metropolitan Studios. The c...
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Shawano Airport

Date: 1951
Description: Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i...
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Wadhams Oil Co. Float

Date: 08 28 1937
Description: Wadhams Oil Company float in the Elks Parade, with a child "driving" a Mobile Oil Flying Red Horse symbol. The float is on E. Doty Street with the Post Off...
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Man and Fan at Lawrence Lunch

Date: 05 22 1936
Description: Man standing next to new fan at Lawrence Lunch, 662-664 State Street.
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Giles Hanson in Racing Car

Date: 08 29 1932
Description: Giles Hanson seated in his racing car in front of a gas station with Purol Pep gas pumps.
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3F Steam Laundry Curb Service

Date: 07 07 1931
Description: 3F Steam Laundry curb service, 731 University Avenue. Showing employee taking laundry from an automobile. A sign posted on the tree on the right reads: "Cu...
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3F Steam Laundry Delivery Service

Date: 07 07 1931
Description: 3F Steam Laundry, 731 University Avenue, offered its customers the convenience of picking up and delivering laundry in the company's Chevrolet.
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Lake Delton Airport Hangar

Date: 04 09 1931
Description: Two men are standing in front of the Lake Delton airport hangar with a windsock on the roof. Automobiles are parked inside the hangar. On the right is a fu...
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Panoramic View of East Side of Monona Avenue

Date: 03 27 1931
Description: Panoramic elevated view of the east side of Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,) showing Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction e...
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Road Equipment Exhibit

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Machine and Foundry road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, on display at Road Show on Monona...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 08 01 1928
Description: View looking north from corner of Monona Avenue and Wilson Street of front and side of the building, with workmen finishing the basement level. Automobiles...
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Texaco Racing Boat

Date: 09 28 1929
Description: Texaco racing boats on display at a service station, at 632 University Avenue. Next door on the right is the Wheeler Conservatory of Music at 626 Universit...

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