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Directing Traffic

Date: 1939
Description: A Chicago police officer holds up his hand to signal pedestrians that they should not enter the crosswalk.
Book or Pamphlet

Call of the Open Road

Date: 1922
Description: Front and back cover of the Call of the Open Road, an annual publication of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Department based on its regular columns of mo...
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Dead Deer on the Highway

Date: 1968
Description: A Wisconsin game warden removes a dead deer in the snow that had been struck by a vehicle from a rural Vernon County highway next to a deer crossing sign.
Photograph

Baxter House

Date: 1912
Description: View from across road of Baxter House, a two-story wooden structure. A man is sitting on the roof working on the chimney. A bell tower is seen behind the r...
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Heg Store

Date: 1920
Description: Ole Heg store, once also the home of Elias Stangeland (sp?). The original building was of log construction which was later boarded over. There is a woman s...
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Edgewood Fence Removal

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Edgewood fence along Wingra Drive entrance, which had been opened to the public after closing by the Dominican Sisters of Edgewood Academy. Shown is the ro...
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Road Construction

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Description: Road construction just north of the Crawford-Vernon County line on State Highway 27, showing both the new and old routes. According to the caption on the ...
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Blister Rust Eradication Crew

Date: 1933
Description: Native Americans hired to assist with the White Pine Blister Rust eradication effort on the Menominee Reservation are being trucked to their work site.
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St. Mary's Church

Date: 1884
Description: A distant view of St. Mary's Church. Looking north from the corner of Main and Franklin Streets.
Photograph

Highway Weed Control

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Description: Weed control unit of the Rock County Highway Department showing the equipment used to spray weeds along the highways.
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Herding Cows

Date: 03 20 1953
Description: Man herding cows along side of road with dog following.
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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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Two Men with Horse-Drawn Vehicles

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Description: Horse and buggy of a man from town meets the road cart/sulky of the farmer. People are standing in a field in the background.
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Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a buggy driving a team of two horses in the country. There may be a river in the background on the left.
Photograph

Man in Buggy

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Description: Hugh Price in a top-buggy pulled by a team of two horses posing in front of the home of W.T. Price.
Photograph

Residential Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across road towards a neighborhood along another road. Houses are on the right, and two children in the center are standing on the sidewalk in the cen...
Photograph

Man Displaying Horse

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Description: Man (partially obscured) standing on the left holding lead attached to the bridle of a draft horse stallion with a white blaze. They are standing on an unp...
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man in a racing rig with a harnessed horse on the northwest corner of Harrison and Third Street. There is a barn behind them.
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Group of People on Stagecoach

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Description: Group of people riding on a stagecoach looking back down the road. The horse pulling the stagecoach is in the foreground.
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Group of People on Stagecoach

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Description: Group on a stagecoach pulled by a team of four horses. A man is standing on left in the road next to the stagecoach. In the left background are buildings a...

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