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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...
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Pharmaceutical Delivery by Bicycle

Date: 03 11 1949
Description: A delivery boy straddles his bicycle, ready to make a delivery of medicine for the Pekin Prescription Laboratory.
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Irish Milk Boy

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Description: A young boy drives a donkey-powered cart with a large milk can as cargo in Fermoy, Ireland.
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Lee & Diebels Company

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Description: Man on horse-drawn wagon loaded with sacks in front of Lee & Diebels Company.
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New Orleans Milkman

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Description: A milkman stands on top of his horse-drawn cart full of large milk cans on a street.
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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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Cheese Factory

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Description: Building thought to be a cheese factory, with workers and horse-drawn delivery wagons in the front.
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Kilbourn Cooperative Creamery

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Description: Exterior view of the Kilbourn Cooperative Creamery on Superior Street.
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Early Highway Trailer

Date: 1915
Description: An auto-trailer, an early trailer manufactured by the Highway Trailer Company of Edgerton. The company began by manufacturing trailers designed for farmer...
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Highway Trailer

Date: 1948
Description: Twin refrigerated trailers, "coldmobiles," manufactured by the Highway Trailer Co. of Edgerton.
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South Alabama Fertilizer Coop

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Description: Members of the South Alabama Fertilizer Coop loading bags of fertilizer into a train car.
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Miller Delivery Wagon

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Description: Man standing in front of horse-drawn wagon loaded with barrels of beer from the Miller Brewery. The sign near the wagon seat reads: "No.2" and the sign pai...
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Potosi Beer Delivery Truck

Date: 07 1968
Description: Delivery truck of the Potosi Brewing Co., highlighting two of its labels: Alpine Lager Beer and Wisconsin Holiday Beer.
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Casper Jaggi and his Dog

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Description: Hand-colored image of Casper Jaggi and his dog, ready to deliver a load of Swiss cheese to Monticello. He was delivering 6 tubs of Swiss cheese, each weigh...
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Eken Brothers Dairy Wagon

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Description: A man and a boy pose next to the horse-drawn Eken Brothers Home Dairy wagon. In the background is a house.
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Golden Guernsey Dairy Delivery Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A milkman stands inside a Golden Guernsey Dairy delivery truck loading bottles into a carrier. The truck is parked at a curb and a house is in the backgrou...
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Pack Train

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Description: A man leads a pack train of mules laden with packages down a trail near Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. Caption reads: "Packtrain, Dawson, Y.T."
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Madison Pepsi Cola Company Truck

Date: 09 16 1938
Description: Madison Pepsi Cola Company truck made by the Ideal Body Company in front of the Ideal Body Company shop on Park Street.
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Pabst Blue Ribbon Truck

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Description: Pabst Blue Ribbon truck with storage box built by the Ideal Body Company.
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Bjerk's Grocery Wagon

Date: 02 1920
Description: Side view of a Bjerk's Grocery wagon parked on a snowy street in front of the shop, which was located at 1 N. Blair Street (at E. Washington Avenue).

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