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Farmers Hauling Goods in Columbus Wagon

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Description: Two farmers standing in the bed of a wooden Columbus wagon loaded with groceries and other goods. The original caption reads: "One of the reasons why Alaba...
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Christmas Shopping

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Natalie Schwartz, 137 Talmadge Street, admiring a Christmas tree outdoors.
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Looking West on Main Street

Date: 1922
Description: View down Main Street looking west. On these blocks there is a restaurant, rug store, post office, and Farmers State Bank. Automobiles are parked on both s...
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Looking North on Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down the dirt road of Main Street. On the left, two men are walking on the sidewalk near a store with a hand-painted "closing out sale" sign. On the r...
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Main Street

Date: 1927
Description: View down Main Street lined with shops. Cars are sporadically parked along the curbs. There is a hotel, the Fritzstoldt tailor, soda fountain and drug stor...
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Street Scene

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Description: A view of a retail street from the intersection. From the corner of the street, there is a restaurant, hotel, and post office. On the sidewalk, men sit on ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1912
Description: View down dirt street. Two women and three children pose at the intersection. Farther down the street is a post office. There is a bridge at the end of the...
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Street Scene

Date: 1917
Description: View down middle of a retail street. Horses and buggies are parked on either side of the street at the curb. The visible shops signs are: Millinery, WallPa...
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Street Scene

Date: 1924
Description: View down middle of street with many shops. Cars are parked at an angle along both sides of the street. A man rides a bicycle across the intersection. The ...
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Roadside Fruit Stand

Date: 09 1924
Description: Two men are standing on opposite sides of a table full of small crates of fruit, possibly apples (?). The original caption reads: "Roadside market scene."
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Selling Peaches at the Shed

Date: 09 1923
Description: Men looking through baskets of peaches in an open shed, where fruit was sold by the bushel. Others stand nearby. Original caption reads: "Selling peaches a...
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Grape Boycott Picket

Date: 1968
Description: Ernesto Chacon, a grape boycott organizer from Milwaukee, is wearing a jacket, sunglasses and a necklace around his neck. He is holding a United Farmworker...
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Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: View down Main Street. A group of women are looking in store windows on the right.
Historical Object

No More Shopping Days 'Til PEACE

Date: 1972
Description: Bumper sticker with the slogan "No More Shopping Days 'Til PEACE," published by Women for a Peaceful Christmas.
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Shoppers and Strollers

Date: 06 2014
Description: Crowd of men and women walking on the sidewalk along a row of booths selling farm produce.
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Maxwell Street Days

Date: 07 18 1998
Description: Elevated view from State and Broom Streets of shoppers on State Street during the Maxwell Street Days sale.
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Holiday Shopper

Date: 1976
Description: Elderly man pulling a sled loaded with packages and bags. He is wearing a plaid coat. His dog is sniffing the snow. Trees cover a snow covered berm in the ...
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Opening Day of Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 04 1998
Description: Customers shopping for plants on the opening day of the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square.
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Opening Day of Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 04 1998
Description: A man is selling produce to customers on the opening day of the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the ba...

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