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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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Layton House

Date: 1880
Description: 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style...
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Depot and Mineral Springs Hotel

Date: 1875
Description: View across unpaved road towards a group of men standing on the platform at the train depot, with the Mineral Springs Hotel behind and to the right. Anothe...
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Park House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Park House Hotel (called the Commercial House before 1888), which burned down in 1892. Two people are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle on the l...
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Leonard Martin's Tavern

Date: 1910
Description: View from fork in road of Martin's Tavern in Chamberlain. There is a horse and carriage with driver on the left. Three men sit or stand in front of the tav...
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Dodgeville Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: Three men are working outside on the street in front of the Dodgeville Hotel.
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Utly Residence

Date: 1887
Description: The Utly Residence, surrounded by a fence, on the north-east corner of Wisconsin and 8th Streets. Built by E.R. Cooley. A man is standing in the center nea...
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Hotel Randall

Date: 1909
Description: View from road of buildings in North Freedom. Hotel Randall is in the right foreground. A group of young women and others have gathered on the porch of the...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Rear view of a circus wagon going through town, with a band on top pulled by a team of six horses. People are walking in the street behind the wagon, and t...
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Children on Wagon

Date: 1919
Description: A young boy and girl are sitting in a wagon on a dirt road, while a man and woman are watching from the porch of a house in the background. The wagon is lo...
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International F-31 Truck Operated by Dillon Bros. Co.

Date: 1919
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck operated by Dillon Bros. Co., "machinists" of Wheeling. A man sits in the driver's seat of the truck which is parked ...
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Men Standing near Storefronts

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Description: Storefronts and homes along dirt street. Three horse-drawn vehicles are tethered to posts in front of a board sidewalk. Men stand on the sidewalk in front ...
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Bodenius House

Date: 1898
Description: Two young girls wearing hats and dresses are leaning on a planter in the yard, two women are on the porch, and a man is sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. ...
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Two Men in Carriage

Date: 1905
Description: Two men wearing hats and coats in a horse-drawn carriage on a residential street.
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Farmer Steers Horse-Drawn Mower Towards Brick Farmhouse

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer operating a horse-drawn mower enters a path leading to a brick farmhouse. The image contains architectural details, including decorative brickwork...
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International TD-14 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men grade a new road surface with an International TD-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and Adams Power Grader. There is a house in the background and peopl...
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Healy's Market and Bakery Van

Date: 1941
Description: A white International Metro owned by Borck and Stevens bakery is parked in front of the market which is on a street corner. The brick building has two elec...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: A crowd watches as soap box derby cars get ready for a race and men check over the cars. A sign over the road reads, "Free Shellubrication" for Derby Entra...
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Sitting on the Porch

Date: 1920
Description: A woman and a child sit on a railing and look out from the porch of their house. A man is in the background approaching from a car parked in the street.
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Leaving the Family Gathering

Date: 1940
Description: Well-dressed relatives leave a house where they attended a family gathering.

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