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World's Largest Tire

Date: 11 02 1930
Description: Group of people, including dwarfs and midgets, posing with "the worlds largest tire" in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre as part of a promotion for Goodyea...
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Morey's Speedy Delivery

Date: 04 22 1934
Description: Howard Morey delivering the film "Hell's Holiday" to R.E. Mutchler of American Legion Post No. 57 for Parkway Theatre. (The man in the top coat is unidenti...
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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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Kennedy Dairy Wagon

Date: 03 13 1936
Description: View from street of Barney Miller, the driver, feeding hay to Ned, the oldest dairy horse in service in Madison. The horse is hitched to a Kennedy Dairy wa...
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Horse & Wagon in front of Strand Theater

Date: 12 27 1930
Description: View across street towards an advertisement for the movie "Third Alarm" on the side of a fire wagon with two fire fighters being pulled by horses in front ...
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Truck Advertising "Half Shot at Sunrise"

Date: 09 27 1930
Description: Two men and two boys are standing besides a truck parked on North Pinckney Street which has large signs advertising Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in the ...
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Movie Advertisement on Truck

Date: 09 19 1930
Description: RKO movie advertisement on an Ed Klief Transfer Line truck. The U.W. Meat Market at 728 University Avenue is in the background.
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Armor Plated International A-3 Truck

Date: 04 06 1933
Description: Armed guards loading a case of money(?) onto an International A-3 armor plated truck owned by the Brinks Express Company. The truck is parked outside the M...
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Mark Harmon on "Dillinger" Set

Date: 06 1990
Description: Actor Mark Harmon (center), who portrayed John Dillinger in the made-for-TV movie of the same name, at the Chalet on the Lake in Mequon. In the film this ...
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"Dillinger" Director with Dick Matty

Date: 1990
Description: Director Rupert Wainwright holding a "Dillinger Shot-in-Wisconsin" t-shirt. With him is Dick Matty, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, of w...
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Mark Harmon at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed for the lead role in the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger," actor Mark Harmon signs autographs for some tourists who were visiting Old World Wisconsin...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton) in a diner with two unidentified a...
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"Double Indemnity" Lobby Card

Date: 1944
Description: Lobby card for the Paramount film "Double Indemnity," featuring a tinted scene from the movie, with leads Barbara Stanwyck (as Phyllis Dietrichson), Fred M...
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Amphibious Motion Picture Service Delivery To Campo Fiesta

Date: 1950
Description: A man, possibly Benton C. Black, delivering films to Campo Fiesta at Trout Lake. The delivery is being made in a Seabee seaplane by the Amphibious Motion P...
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Joel McCrea and Laraine Day

Date: 1940
Description: Publicity photo of Joel McCrea and Laraine Day for the film "Foreign Correspondent." McCrea wears a suit and sits with his arms around his legs. Day wears ...
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Thompson Tent Show

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. A tent, a tall wagon and a truck that runs the generator are set up in a field or park with houses and tre...
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Shirley Clarke on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: Shirley Clarke standing on the sidewalk outside of a restaurant while shooting the film "The Cool World." She is holding a glass and is being handed someth...
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Actors on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: An actress and actor in the film "The Cool World" are standing on the sidewalk outside a restaurant. She is wearing a cocktail dress and a fur wrap. He is ...
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Actors on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: An actress and actor standing just outside the entrance of a restaurant while shooting the film "The Cool World." The woman is wearing a cocktail dress and...
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"Fool's Paradise"

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Description: Poll Patchouli (Dorothy Dalton) sits on a bar in a scene from the 1921 film "Fool's Paradise". John Rodriguez (Theodore Kosloff) and another man (George C....

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