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Group on Porch of Middleton House

Date: 1873
Description: A group posed on the porch of the Middleton House, a two-story frame building with lattice and cut work, located across the intersection from J. Green & Co...
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Boy with Delivery Wagon

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Description: Boy posing standing next to a delivery wagon pulled by a single horse. Marked on side "Tel. 76" and a box of "Saxon Oats" in the wagon.
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Northeast View of Interior of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 09 30 1912
Description: Pile drivers working within the confines of the coffer dam. Men are on the high trestle constructing chutes for pouring concrete.
Photograph

Men Install Pole with Modified 10-20 Tractor

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Men use a modified McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with an attached trailor and post hole digging rig auger to install a telephone or electric p...
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McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler Demonstration

Date: 10 06 1937
Description: C.L. Thompson, a McCormick-Deering dealer explains a milk cooler, which is loaded on a trailer hauled by an International truck, to Wayne Wakefield. Both m...
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Token Creek Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: This view of the Token Creek Tavern (Field's Inn) was created from a tintype (circa 1870) by E.E. Lawrence. A crowd has gathered on the porch and balcony o...
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Man and Boy with International Model M Truck

Date: 1914
Description: Man seated in an International model M truck loaded with sacks of flour, and with letters along the roof that read: "Crescent Roller Mills." Beside the tru...
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Men with Wagon Outside Abbey Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: Man seated atop a horse-drawn wagon in the snow outside the "Abbey Hotel." Another man stands on the left near the wagon.
Painting

Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
Photograph

Man with Scrap Heap

Date: 03 1926
Description: A man is looking through a scrap heap full of metal and wooden parts piled beside a shed or barn.
Photograph

Saloon

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Description: View across road of a man with his horse outside the Bar Room. There is a large circus advertisement with elephants and lions painted on the wall of the bu...
Print

Rural Route No. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Rural Route No. 3 in Bonduel, Wisconsin, with a man driving a U.S. R.F.D. mail wagon along a road by a fenced yard, a barn, and a mailbox. Pr...
Photograph

Tourist Stop

Date: 1925
Description: View across road of seven young men posing outside of a variety store. Two men have tires placed over their shoulders. The store's sign advertises: "Touris...
Photograph

Cream Wagon

Date: 07 09 1895
Description: Man driving a cream wagon pulled by a team of horses and loaded with dairy products.
Postcard

Hauling Milk at Hering Farm

Date: 
Description: Robert Carl Hering and his son Alexander Hering are standing next to a horse-drawn wagon filled with milk containers. Farm buildings are in the background....
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Fire at Schwertz Farm

Date: 04 30 1997
Description: "Theresa and Knowles firemen battle a blaze on the Richard Schwertz farm on Cty WT near Mayville."
Photograph

The Latest Thing in Transportation

Date: 1914
Description: Two men sitting on the ground near a 1914-1916 touring car. A small barn is in the background behind the car. The photograph is annotated on the back:

"L...

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Residence of H.A. Bright; Formerly the United States Hotel

Date: 
Description: View along fence and driveway towards a large white two-story wooden building with a porch and balcony. Several individuals are standing at different point...
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Man Using Titan to Plow Snow

Date: 1920
Description: Man using a Titan tractor to plow snow. There is a barn in the background.
Photograph

Illustration of International Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Illustration of a man driving an International truck. The driver is leaning out of the door and talking to a young boy standing and holding a fishing pole....

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