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| Description: | On-lookers observing an accident, in downtown Milwaukee, of the Hamman's Express Line, piano and furniture mover. |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A staged scene showing a car passing a truck while another car is coming the other way. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural... |
| Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Damaged English Singer sports car on the street, E. Washington Avenue, with Brayton School in the background. |
| Date: | 11 30 1934 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a group of people looking at the automobile driven by W.B. Peterson which climbed the concrete abutment guarding a safety island... |
| Date: | 08 03 1934 |
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| Description: | View down road towards a group of people looking at an overturned automobile belonging to Fred Swanson. Fred and Norma Swanson, Dorothy Thompson, Edward an... |
| Date: | 09 05 1947 |
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| Description: | The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f... |
| Date: | 01 1928 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat stopping an automobile at a stop sign on a dirt road as a truck approaches from the opposite direction. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A man jaywalking across a street in front of a moving automobile. The road is lined with houses and commercial buildings, and additional automobiles are pa... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | An automobile driving down a driveway between two embankments, prohibiting a clear view of an intersecting road. |
| Date: | 05 1926 |
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| Description: | An automobile rounds a turn near several traffic signs placed along the edge of a paved state road. |
| Date: | 04 24 1926 |
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| Description: | Children walking along the side of a road in front of a one-room schoolhouse as an automobile approaches from behind. Other children are playing in the sch... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railr... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Men examine the wreckage of an automobile resting on the edge of a foundation near a collapsed bridge. A portion of a crane can be seen in the background a... |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A rotting and broken wooden well covering around a well pump near a field. |
| Date: | 02 1928 |
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| Description: | A man is standing alongside a dirt road while changing a rear tire on an automobile, blocking the taillight and demonstrating a farm hazard. |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | A hitchhiker thumbing a ride from a passing car along a gravel road near Hinsdale. The photograph was staged to demonstrate a farm hazard. |
| Date: | 05 26 1926 |
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| Description: | A sign reading: "Walk on Left" is posted on a power line pole. A man is walking on the left side of a rural road in the background as a truck drives by. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A sign reading: "No Parking on Pavement - State Law" is posted alongside a road, and in the background a man is standing in the line of traffic to inspect ... |
| Date: | 05 1926 |
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| Description: | A sign reading: "Look Curve L." is posted along the side of a paved road. An automobile is on the road in the background. |
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| Description: | An upside down Bancroft delivery truck. A man is standing just behind the front tires. On the right, a "Dane County Police Traffic" car can be seen behind ... |
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