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International Auto Wagon

Date: 1913
Description: International Auto Wagon parked in front of a horse outside a post office. The truck is loaded with sacks, possibly filled with mail.
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Matthias Stein Residence

Date: 1884
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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Madison old Central Fire Station

Date: 1900
Description: Madison old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster St. Three men driving horse-drawn ladder trucks in front of Madison Fire Station, 10 S. Webs...
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MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

Date: 1942
Description: Men working on a "MacArthur Week" scrap drive near an International Harvester dealership. Two men are on the flatbed of a truck, and there is also a horse-...
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Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory

Date: 1909
Description: Men with horses and wagons gathered outside the Faville Grove Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory. A poster advertising the State Fair is pasted to the wa...
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General Merchandise Store and Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Six people standing on the porch of L.J. Ryan Dry Goods and Groceries. A sign above the door says: Post Office North Andover." A team of two horses are pul...
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Jones Lumber and Merchandise

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Description: Three men displaying four horses in front of a storefront, probably the Jones Lumber and Merchandise on Water Street.
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down unpaved road towards an intersection on Main Street. On the left is a two-story wood frame building with two men and a dog on the porch and poste...
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Post-Cammack Theatre

Date: 1922
Description: View from unpaved street of the Post-Cammack Theatre on a corner, with coming attraction posters in the windows. Three men are standing on the sidewalk in ...
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Spring Green Business District

Date: 1909
Description: View from street of a street corner in the business district, with a large brick building housing the J.A.W. Sprecher general merchandise store, with fire ...
Postcard

Ringling Brothers Circus Parade

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Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of the Circus Parade on a rainy day. Crowds of people line the street, and many are holding umbrellas.
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Draft Horses at the Freeman Hotel Barn

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a two European American men, both displaying single draft horses, with the horse on the right hitched to a wagon. They are posing in fr...
Poster

Crimean War Themed Advertising Broadside

Date: 05 1854
Description: This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high...
Photograph

Man Displaying Two Horses

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Description: View across yard towards a man posing standing in the center displaying two horses. On the right is a large horse hitched to a buggy, and on the left is a ...
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Group Gathered in Town with McCormick Signs

Date: 1900
Description: View down unpaved road towards a large group of people, mostly men, with some children, gathered on and around horse-drawn wagons near commercial buildings...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1908
Description: View of a street with a lumber office and a church on the left, and dwellings on the right. A man and a dog are on the sidewalk. A tree-covered hill is in ...
Postcard

Cook Hotel

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Description: View across intersection towards the Cook Hotel. There are rod iron balconies above the entrance, and fire escapes are on the side. Caption reads: "Cook Ho...
Postcard

East Walnut Street and Opera House

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Description: Colorized postcard view across street towards the Opera House, with a sign in front over the sidewalk that reads, in reverse: "Theatre." A sign for the Cit...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved street with a few wooden commercial buildings. The building in the center background has a group of people gathered in front, and along t...

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