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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two people driving a Farmall Cub through an urban area. They are towing a wagon with movie advertisement, announcing "The Farmer's Daughter," starring Lore... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Storefront of the Richartz-Beilfus Implement Co., an International Harvester truck and tractor dealership. At left is W.P. Beilfus, at right is T.C. Richa... |
| Date: | 04 1942 |
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| Description: | Three young girls, (L to R): Beverly Peterson, Virginia Gullickson, and Joane Aaby, with an old iron bed donated for a WW II scrap drive during MacArthur W... |
| Date: | 04 29 1931 |
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| Description: | Shell service station, with a male attendant standing in front. There are posters advertising the "Trader Horn" movie on the ground in front of the pumps. |
| Date: | 04 29 1931 |
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| Description: | Walgreen's window, 30-32 E. Mifflin Street, advertising the movie "Trader Horn," with a poster and copies of the book on display. |
| Date: | 10 10 1930 |
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| Description: | Man dressed as an African standing beside poster advertising the movie, "Africa Speaks," in front of the Capitol Theatre, 209 State Street. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Albert Kaepernick Jr.'s McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealership. A poster in the front window reads: "Throw your scrap into the fight!". |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | International Auto Wagon parked in front of a horse outside a post office. The truck is loaded with sacks, possibly filled with mail. |
| Date: | 09 1896 |
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| Description: | Four unidentified men posing standing in front of office buildings. Sign in the window of the American Express Company Office shows a horse and advertises ... |
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| Description: | O.C. O'Hearn Grocery Store, Main Street, with the front window filled with apples, and a man standing in the doorway. Another man is standing on the sidewa... |
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| Description: | Two men posing standing in front of the Fair Store on Main Street. The man on the right is a dwarf and he is holding a cigar. Posters in the windows advert... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Bluff street looking west. Posters are on a wall on the far right next to a building with an awning that reads: "Saloon". |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two men standing near an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by Forest Monger Public Transfer and Storage. The truck is parked in front of the Int... |
| Date: | 04 23 1947 |
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| Description: | Marquee of the Parkway Theater, 6 West Mifflin Street, advertising the movie, "The Best Years of Our Lives". |
| Date: | 08 01 1947 |
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| Description: | Interior view looking toward the back of a Madison Bus Company's new 35 foot bus which seats 45 people. Above the windows are advertising posters. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A drawing of a man on the side of a building, perhaps the remains of a poster. On the left is an orange spray painted area. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Nighttime view of theater entrance. Doorway has a fabric overhang with the theatre name printed on each side. Posters for Robert Lewis and Tom Daily flan... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Exterior of stage entrance. The state door is below a fire escape that connects to a white balcony to the right. Below the balcony is a poster for the Mil... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A pioneer Scandinavian immigrant hotel on Clinton Street, south side, built before the Civil War. Posters are a board on the left side of the house, and a... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Subheading states the center building to be the oldest house in Milwaukee, and built by Matthias Stein in January 1838. The home is only two stories tall,... |
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