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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Truck on the left is a Model H or Model F, the truck on the right is an International Model G (Later known as a Model G-61) truck. There is a truck driver ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A view of the Sacred Heart Academy, presently known as Edgewood High School. Caption reads: "Sacred Heart Academy. Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Former home of the Milwaukee Journal newspaper, at the corner of Michigan and Milwaukee Streets. A fire escape goes up the middle of the building on... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Furrier manufacturing building. Nearby is a gas station promoting "Standard Oil Products". A Coca-Cola sign is near the entrance to the sta... |
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| Description: | Smoke coming from two rows of smokestacks on the top of a factory. |
| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 02 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of public school. There is a two-story fire escape on the side of the building. The words "High School" are over the arched entry at the fron... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down street towards a Ford sales and service center on the left, and a canning factory in the background. A man stands near a parked car, and behind h... |
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| Description: | Four men, a dog and a boy sitting on the porch of the general store. Signs in the windows read, "Ferry & Co. Seeds" and "Rape seed for sale." A barn and wi... |
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| Description: | View form across street of the French Lumber Company, a two-story brick building with the Chicago Dental Parlors occupying the second floor, on a street co... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down front walk and lawn toward a street where automobiles are parked along the curb. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view down center of Broadway at Eighth Street. Pedestrians cross the street in front of automobiles and cable cars, while stores, theater... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the segregated entrance for African-Americans at Malco Theater. There is a fire escape on the side of the building. Several cars are parke... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A railroad track runs alongside the International Harvester Company Memphis branch building. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the International Harvester Company Louisville branch. Several automobiles are parked along the street in front of the building. On the fa... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of International Harvester's San Francisco branch. The brick building is attached to an adjacent building which bears signs reading: "Indepen... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of International Harvester Company's Portland branch building, located in what appears to be an industrial area, as seen from across an inter... |
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