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Nakoma Road

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Description: View of Nakoma Road looking northeast, with several houses and trees, and automobiles parked on the street. There is a woman standing on the steps of a por...
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Car Parked in front of Row of Houses

Date: 1939
Description: A car is parked on the street in front of a row of houses. Children are playing in the front yards. There is a large tree in the foreground. Men are workin...
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Boy Scouts in Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A group of Boy Scouts, led by the Scout Leader, playing drums in a Fourth of July parade. They are walking down a street and a crowd of spectators is in th...
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Children Riding Tricycles in Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: Children riding decorated tricycles and baby carriages in a fourth of July parade with adults lining the street behind them.
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Boy Playing Tennis

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Description: A young boy is in mid-swing playing tennis on a tennis court. Other tennis players, houses and a park are visible in the background.
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Street Cleaning Truck Spraying Water

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Description: A street cleaning truck spraying water on a suburban street with houses in the background. The text on the driver's side door probably reads "US Dept. of A...
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Man Driving Steamroller

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Description: A man is sitting at the wheel of a long steamroller parked in a gravel lot with a brick building in the background.
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Trench Digger with Trucks

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Description: Rear view of a trench dug by a ditch digger. A man walks towards the ditch digger from two trucks, one fitted with a crane-like attachment, which are parke...
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Construction Workers Walking through Neighborhood

Date: 1937
Description: Large group of construction workers walking through neighborhood of houses that are in the middle of being constructed.
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Men Walking on Residential Street

Date: 1936
Description: View up residential street with newly constructed houses, young trees and lampposts. Men in suits and hats walk along the sidewalk. A speed limit sign is o...
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Children Playing in front of Porch

Date: 09 1939
Description: View from road of a group of seven children playing in front of a house and on the porch, while a woman holding a bag of groceries walks past on the sidewa...
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Floyd Quinney Takes a Picture

Date: 1926
Description: Floyd Quinney focusing his Kodak Autographic on a suburban street.
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Man and Boy Seated on Wagon Outside Residence

Date: 1911
Description: Man and boy, possibly father and son, ride on a large, flatbed horse-drawn wagon loaded with crates of produce. The wagon is on a street near a house and a...
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Men on Wagon

Date: 1911
Description: Group of men on and near a horse-drawn wagon on the side of a road. The wagon is loaded with tools and hardware. Four of the men wear tool belts.
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Rear-Engine Drive Bus

Date: 1973
Description: Color photograph of four children holding books and standing beside a gravel road in front of a suburban residence. An International rear-engine drive scho...
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Rear-Engine Drive Bus

Date: 1973
Description: Color photograph of a group of teenagers holding books and standing on the sidewalk in front of a suburban residence. In the background two girls are walki...
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Family Driving

Date: 1903
Description: George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car.
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TD-18A Crawler Tractor — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a TD-18 crawler tractor. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Joh...

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