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Willson Monarch Labs Salesman Card

Date: 1935
Description: Business card of Edward Rohloff, a traveling salesman for Willson's Monarch Laboratory, a manufacturer of patent medications in the early part of the 1900s...
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Horse-Drawn Patent Medicines Wagon

Date: 01 07 1937
Description: A traveling salesman with Willson's Monarch Labs is standing beside the horse-drawn wagon that took him on sales routes in rural Wisconsin. Willson manufac...
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Driver Posing with International Coca-Cola Truck

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Delivery driver posing with an International Coca-Cola (soda) delivery truck in front of a service station.
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Boys with International Highwheeler Shoe Repair Truck

Date: 1912
Description: View of two teenage boys posing with an International Highwheeler in front of the storefront of the Chicago Quick Shoe Repair Co. 120 James Street.
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Delivery Truck

Date: 03 05 1930
Description: Mitchell Sales Co. delivery truck, with two men making a delivery to the rear of a store, Pyrofax agent.
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Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 09 05 1944
Description: Milkman from Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy posed next to horse-drawn delivery wagon, number 5, and the horse. This photograph documented a story about the end o...
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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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International Model F City Dray

Date: 09 1917
Description: A man is posing standing and holding the steering wheel, and a boy is sitting in the passenger seat of an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by F...
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Beer Delivery

Date: 09 03 1955
Description: Miller delivery man carrying a keg of Miller Beer on his shoulder.
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Wood Lumber Company Delivery Truck

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: Mr. Allan K. Wood stands beside an International C-300 truck owned by Wood Lumber Company. Piles of lumber are stacked in the background, and there is a ma...
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Washington Co-Operative Egg & Poultry Association Truck

Date: 01 27 1936
Description: The two-year-old daughter of Thomas Rhodda, fleet attendent of the Washington Co-operative Egg & Poultry Association, stands on the gasoline tank of one of...
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Truck Drivers for Washington Egg & Poultry Cooperative

Date: 08 29 1935
Description: R. Brooks and A. Cleveland, drivers for Washington Egg & Poultry Co-Operative Association, pose with their two International C-line trucks.
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 289-296

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Description: In the letter was the hope that you were well
For shorter hours
A newer coat
And Grace when there was any Grace to tell
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Gardner Baking Company Delivery Truck

Date: 06 1931
Description: A man dressed in bib overalls poses with a Gardner Baking Company delivery truck. It is parked in front of Plaenert's Grocery. Over the hood in the distanc...
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Spice Delivery Cart

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing next to a wagon pulled by two horses on snow-covered ground. The sign on the wagon reads: "Rawleigh's, Spices, Ex...
Photograph

Borden Delivery Truck and Driver

Date: 10 01 1982
Description: Elwin "Al" Smith stands in front of his Borden's delivery truck on his last day before retirement. A University of Wisconsin dormitory and a parking lot ar...
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Verges Baggage and Dray Line

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Description: Passenger side view of a Verges Baggage and Dray Line truck No. 5. The back of the truck is loaded with stacks of boxes. The driver of the truck is standin...
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Man Posing with Delivery Truck

Date: 11 22 1923
Description: A man is posing in front of a delivery truck. The truck bed has rows of milk cans in stacks, and a sign on the side of the truck reads: "Pasteurized Milk, ...
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George William Harris with Mule-Driven Moving Van

Date: 1910
Description: George William Harris is standing on the left at the side of a mule-driven moving van. Another man is standing next to him on the right. The van is parked ...

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