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Automobile Accident on County Trunk M

Date: 04 15 1934
Description: Onlookers surveying damage from a fatal two-car collision. The view is looking south on County Trunk Highway M, between Speedway Road and Middleton. In the...
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Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1949
Description: View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction.
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Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
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Waukesha's Primitive Airfield

Date: 1924
Description: A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s...
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Automobile in Snow on Edgewood Drive

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Winter scene with automobile parked in front of barricade at west end of Edgewood Drive.
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Truax Hospital Heating Building

Date: 01 22 1943
Description: Hospital heating building at Truax Army Air Field, from the east side.
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Kayser's Used Car Lot at Night

Date: 07 06 1938
Description: Kayser's R&G Used Car lot at night with neon sign on arch at 710 E. Washington Avenue. There is also a sign painted on the side of a brick building on the ...
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Wrecked Chevrolet

Date: 10 23 1937
Description: Close-up of damaged Chevrolet in a ditch next to Highway 12 near Highway KP & Roxbury, looking north, with a farmstead in the background.
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Chicago & Northwestern R.R. Crossing at Blair Street

Date: 11 12 1936
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railroad tracks, looking west at the crossing of S. Blair Street, King Street, E. Wilson Street, and Williamson Street. Shows Chicag...
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Club Chanticleer

Date: 05 29 1935
Description: Club Chanticleer, exterior view across road from the south, with a Heileman's Old Style Lager beer sign suspended from posts on the lawn in front. The sign...
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1908 Ford Touring Car

Date: 05 02 1935
Description: Man with bushy moustache standing next to a 1908 Ford Touring Car in a farm yard.
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Automobile Accident Scene

Date: 04 15 1934
Description: Auto accident involving Leo Maly and August Sternhagen vehicles, looking north, County Trunk M, between Speedway Road and Middleton Jct. Road. Leo Maly was...
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Olson Boys in Go-Kart

Date: 01 19 1934
Description: A small race car built by Samuel Olson at the Wisconsin Oil Burner factory, 1134 Regent Street is enjoyed by his sons, Donald Olson, seated, and Gordon at ...
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Karl Smith with Muskellunge

Date: 06 09 1931
Description: Dr. Karl Smith is standing near his house at 1 N. Prospect Avenue. He is holding one end of a pole that is resting on a fence and displaying four muskellun...
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Federal Match Company Advertising

Date: 05 23 1931
Description: An automobile advertises Federal Match Company. There is a sign on the passenger side door that reads: The sign reads: "Federal Matches, Federal Match Corp...
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Pipers Garden Cafeteria

Date: 10 04 1930
Description: Pipers garden cafeteria, 120 East Mifflin Street.
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C & C Texaco Service Station

Date: 08 06 1929
Description: C & C Texaco Service Station (Bert Clutterbuck), 2002 Winnebago Street and Lee & Seymour Furnaces and sheet metal works building, 2004 Winnebago Street. 20...
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Deering Tillage Implements Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of tillage implements featuring an illustration of a farm seen from a high...
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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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Driving Down Muddy Dirt Road

Date: 1915
Description: Man driving an automobile down a muddy dirt road. Caption on back reads: "Grading road with surfacing." The photograph was taken for International Harveste...

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