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Accident in Milwaukee

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Description: On-lookers observing an accident, in downtown Milwaukee, of the Hamman's Express Line, piano and furniture mover.
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Chippewa Family Moving

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Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) family moving their disassembled wagon and grindstone from one village to another on two canoes somewhere in northern Wisconsin. This i...
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International Model F Moving Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Two men standing near an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by Forest Monger Public Transfer and Storage. The truck is parked in front of the Int...
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International Model F Moving Truck

Date: 1918
Description: A man is standing in front of an International Model F (or 31) truck loaded with a variety of household items, including a metal washtub and wooden sled.
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International Model S Truck Loaded with Household Goods

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: International Model S truck parked at a "Socony Motor Gasoline" pump. The bed of the truck is piled with trunks, suitcases and furniture.
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Ho-Chunk Family During Winter

Date: 1915
Description: Using a portable, 4 x 5 glass plate negative camera, Van Schaick photographed Ho-Chunk on the streets of Black River Falls. These occasional pictures offer...
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Rennebohms Moving to New Governor's Residence

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: Sixteen employees of the Rennebohm Drug Company carry miscellaneous furnishings from the old executive residence to the new one in Maple Bluff. The "moving...
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International Moving Truck

Date: 03 05 1925
Description: Men remove furniture from a Model 53 International motor truck owned by the Northwestern Moving Company of Detroit, Michigan. An end table and upholstered ...
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Relocating a House

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Description: View down street of movers relocating a house. A two-story wood house, with front porch still attached, sits on the flatbed of a truck as it moves down Wes...
Postcard

International A-180 Truck Postcard

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising postcard featuring a color illustration of three men in the cab of an International A-180 semi-truck. The truck bears the text: "International ...
Postcard

John Hahn Piano and Furniture Moving

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Description: View from the street of John Hahn standing on the right with a horse hitched to a passenger wagon. In the center is the furniture moving wagon he owns, in ...
Postcard

John Hahn Furniture Moving

Date: 1906
Description: John Hahn is leaning on a motorized moving van in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood of Walker's Point. At the steering wheel is a man, with another seated n...
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Men Using Tractor to Pull Trailer with Tank

Date: 1910
Description: Left side profile view of men with 12-25 Horse Power tractor parked in a cobblestone street. The tractor is pulling a trailer with a large tank that has a ...
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Heabel & Rose, House Movers

Date: 10 14 1923
Description: Three men standing near a house on a trailer attached to a truck. A sign on the truck reads: "This house being moved by Heabel & Rose House Movers Phone 10...
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Moving Van

Date: 01 05 1929
Description: View down street towards two men sitting in the cab of a moving van backed up to the curb, with a sign painted on the side that reads: "Redman's Transfer."...
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Men with Moving Van

Date: 01 05 1929
Description: Two men are standing with a moving van parked along a curb. The back of the truck is covered with a tarp. A large brick building is behind them.
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Moving In

Date: 1925
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert Paul) Brumder posing standing beside an automobile hitched to a trailer, which is precariously loaded with household furnishin...
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Packed Up

Date: 1925
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder (center) is standing with her sons Philip (front, left) and Herbert E. (front, right) near a trailer hitched to an...
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Freight on Railroad Right of Way

Date: 05 1935
Description: Elevated view of men working with the freight thrown off along the railroad right of way. Trunks and crates and barrels are arranged on a tarp in the backg...
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Leaving House in Monaco [sic]

Date: 04 26 1935
Description: Family, including two children standing, a woman carrying another child, and a man who is carrying suitcases, leaving a house.

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