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Severson's Service Station Beer Party

Date: 06 10 1936
Description: View across street of a large group of people posing in front of Severson's Phillips 66 Service Station, 2089 Atwood Avenue, during a summer evening beer p...
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Meat Packers Parade Float

Date: 1931
Description: A large float decorated with a farm scene and blanketed with flowers moves down a city street (possibly Michigan Avenue in Chicago). The float is part of t...
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International Harvester Truck in Parade

Date: 1931
Description: An International Harvester truck leads a line of marchers in the Meat Packers Parade. The parade is moving down a city street (possibly Michigan Avenue in ...
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Street Scene, Idaho Springs, Colorado

Date: 1910
Description: View down a street crowded with pedestrians and horse-drawn carts. Published by E.J. Deis.
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Syttende Mai Parade

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: A crowd is lining Main Street in Stoughton to watch the annual Syttende Mai parade. The Norse Chalet Coffee and Pastry Shop is in the background.
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Theresa Parade

Date: 08 1995
Description: "Parade in Theresa, corner of Milwaukee and Henni Street." Image features the Widmer cheese wagon.
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Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Group of people posing among round wood cheese boxes on a flatbed truck decorated as a float in the Cheese Day Parade. One person holds a sign that says: "...
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June Dairy Month on Capitol Square

Date: 06 08 1959
Description: 4-H members, some of them dressed in old-fashioned costumes, serving homemade cakes and donated ice cream at an ice cream social on the Capitol Square. Pro...
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The Milk Wagon

Date: 08 1983
Description: Elevated view of the milk wagon that was once used to bring milk from the Wm. Beck Farm to the Widmer Cheese Factory.
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Barrel Push at Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1915
Description: Four men struggle to move barrels down the dirt main street of Hustler. It looks like a close race. The large crowd watches attentively. Across the street ...
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Budweiser Clydsdale Horses Appear in Madison

Date: 08 16 1954
Description: A girl petting the nose of one of the Budweiser Clydesdale horses off the Capitol Square. The horses were in Madison and viewed on University Avenue, State...

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