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Aerial View of Downtown Sun Prairie

Date: 10 1928
Description: Aerial view of Sun Prairie, including the central business district, residences, and the surrounding countryside stretching to the horizon.
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin crew gets into their shell from the dock on the Yahara River with Trachte boat houses in the background. View looking northwest tow...
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Beer Delivery Truck

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Rear view of a fire damaged beer delivery truck with "Got It? Get It!" painted on its doors. An exploding oil furnace destroyed the interior of the Madison...
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Filmite Oil Corporation Building and Employee

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Madison branch of the Filmite Oil Corporation building (a Trachte metal building), located at 828 East Main Street. Also pictured is W.K. Wilson, warehous...
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Flatcars at Madison-Kipp Corporation

Date: 11 20 1945
Description: Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, beside the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad tracks. Shown are three loaded flatcars on a si...
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Kayser Motor Inc. Stockroom

Date: 05 14 1946
Description: Slightly elevated interior view of the stockroom at Kayser Motor Inc., 701 East Washington Avenue, showing display tables and stocked shelves.
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Rocket Oil Company Fuel Storage Tanks

Date: 10 10 1946
Description: Rocket Oil Company fuel storage tanks at the bulk plant at 204 South Paterson Street. In the foreground is a man on a modern Rocket Oil company truck fill...
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Reynolds Transfer Flatbed Truck

Date: 11 07 1947
Description: Reynolds Transfer flatbed trailer truck with large load of industrial equipment with two men standing by the cab.
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American Dairy Association Group Portrait

Date: 1947
Description: American Dairy Association truck with 17 men standing in front. Six faces of men are imposed over the building in the background above the truck.
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Kayser Motors Service Control Tower

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: Service control tower in the service department of Kayser's Motors, 701 East Washington Avenue. A service manager is shown in the suspended tower and a tru...
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Kayser Motors Mechanic

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: Kayer Motors mechanic working on servicing a truck. Kayser Motors is located at 701 East Washington Avenue.
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Kayser Motors Mechanic

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: A mechanic spray painting a vehicle at Kayser Motors, located at 701 East Washington Avenue.
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Wisconsin State Journal Paper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1948
Description: Group portrait of 110 Wisconsin State Journal paper carriers taken prior to leaving for Blue Mounds State Park for the annual all-day outing.
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Waunakee Cannery

Date: 07 01 1948
Description: View from road of the Waunakee Canning Company building with cars in a parking lot. Men are working near the loading dock.
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Two Men near Airplane

Date: 08 03 1948
Description: Two men standing indoors next to a Wisconsin Central Airplane.
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Monarch Machine Shop, Inc.

Date: 09 09 1948
Description: Monarch Machine Shop at 2530 Pennsylvania Avenue, with metal projects and parts in yard.
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Television Tower

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Television tower near industrial buildings and automobiles parked in a lot.
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Illinois Central Railroad Weedburner

Date: 08 18 1949
Description: A weedburner of the Illinois Central Railway in action burns ragweed along railroad tracks. The weedburner is a self-propelled unit equipped with an oil-bu...
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Madison Murder Scene

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Scene along the Yahara River where the body of Max Hobert, a Madison bartender, was found.
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Madison Street Sign Shop

Date: 02 15 1951
Description: Milton Kneebone, a member of the city street-marking crew, spray-paints street name signs.

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