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| Date: | 06 12 1925 |
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| Description: | International Model 52 or 53 motor coach picking up passengers at the Hotel Favorite in downtown Dayton. The bus was owned and operated by the Inter Cities... |
| Date: | 12 21 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of International Harvester's McCormick Works lit up on a December night. A very large lit Christmas tree is on the roof of the building. A si... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from street of new Rennebohm Drug Store #1 at 1357 University Avenue at the corner of Randall Avenue, shortly after its construction. |
| Date: | 04 28 1920 |
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| Description: | View from across the street of the Palace Theater, 535 West Wisconsin Avenue. A streetcar is approaching from the left. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Journal Building located at 734 North 4th Street. To the right of the building in an alley are circulation trucks. Newsboys and customers are... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Hotel Northern. The hotel has a Western Union and drugstore on the street level. An American flag flies from the top of the building. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an International Harvester Company branch building. Large show windows line the first floor along the sidewalk. A large electric sign on t... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down center of street of a central business district. Automobiles are parked on the left, and businesses line both sides of the street. Several pedest... |
| Date: | 08 24 1922 |
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| Description: | Rooftop view of a parade passing through downtown Viroqua. A boy is sitting on a roof on the left, looking down towards the street at the marching bands an... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The Beavers Insurance Building at the corner of Monona Avenue (currently Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) and Doty Street. It was built in 1921-1922 and ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a stone building which has a steep, tiled roof, and an awning over the open doorway under the "Wee Hoose" sign. In front are pumps for She... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from street of the facade of the Schoelkopf Automobile dealership at 210 E. Washington Avenue. "Lincoln" has been added to the Ford dealership with a ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Edwin Sumner and Son Drugstore at 15 S. Pinckney Street. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the street, and... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View across street towards 116-118 N. Fairchild Street towards a row of 1920s automobiles angle parked outside Esser's City Market. To the right of the mar... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | View of a street in downtown Stevens Point. Model T's are parked along the curbs. Children are standing near the cars on both sides of the street. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View down center of Walworth Street with the Sprague Theater on the left. A hotel is on the lower right. Automobiles are parked all along the street. Capti... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the New Kenosha Theatre. The marquee is advertising "Swim, Girl, Swim" with Bebe Daniels. An advertisement is painted on the left side of t... |
| Date: | 12 27 1927 |
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| Description: | View looking up at McCormick Works at night, with a Christmas tree on the roof near the flag pole, and the "McCormick" sign lit up. |
| Date: | 01 20 1928 |
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| Description: | View down right side of road towards buildings and billboards. |
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