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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...
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Silverstone, My Tailor

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Description: A boy on a Milwaukee street is driving a goat cart with an advertisement for Silverstone the tailor. Several on-lookers are watching from the left hand sid...
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Delivery Driver Posing with Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 10 01 1912
Description: African American wagon driver standing with a horse-drawn wagon parked on a city street. The man is likely an employee of International Harvester, possibly...
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African American Farmer Hauling Corn to Market

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Description: Farmer hauling corn to market with an ox-driven wagon. Original caption notes that oxen were used considerably in the south for motive power.
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Farmers Hauling Goods in Columbus Wagon

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Description: Two farmers standing in the bed of a wooden Columbus wagon loaded with groceries and other goods. The original caption reads: "One of the reasons why Alaba...
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Australian McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership building owned by McLean Brothers and Rigg, Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia. Men are standing in the street in...
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Road Crew Crossing River

Date: 1880
Description: Crossing a river on the way to Vermillion Lake in the early 1880's, before the building of any railroads in that part of the country. The teams were part o...
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French Market

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the French market. A cart transporting bales of cotton is in the street on the left. Railroad tracks are in the street.
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Main Street

Date: 1881
Description: View down Main Street. On the left a man is driving a wagon with a team of two horses, and on the right a man stands on a wagon pulled by one horse. Houses...
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Women in Wagon with Baby

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Description: Two women, one holding a child, in a wagon pulled by a single horse wearing flynets. There are several people in the intersection, during what looks to be ...
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Main Street, between Water and First Streets

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Description: Wagon piled high with chairs, with a man standing and driving a team of two horses. A man on the sidewalk is looking back at camera. There are other wagons...
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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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Group of Men on Wagon

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Description: Six men and a boy sitting on a wagon.
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Man with Horse and Wagon

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Description: Man with a horse and wagon in town, possibly Henny Berg in front of the Cozy Corner Tavern after the flood of 1911. There is a large lamppost on the corner...
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Man in Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: Man in a horse and wagon in town, possibly Henny Berg in front of the Cozy Corner Tavern after the flood of 1911. A large lamppost is on the sidewalk on th...
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Two Women in Buggy

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Description: Two women in a buggy driving a team of two horses. The woman on the right is possibly Margie Sprester.
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Man in Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: J.A. "Abe" Bailey, the horse dealer, at the corner of Second and Fillmore streets, looking east, with a wagon and team of two horses.
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Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a top-buggy posing with a team of two horses in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Man Displaying Horse

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Description: Man displaying a horse with an abnormal rear left leg.
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Parade of Wagons

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a parade of men and women in patriotically decorated wagons going through town. A horse is in the foreground on the left, and a m...

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