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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Streetcar and crew of the Madison City Railways Company. The streetcar number is #50 and the route sign says Wingra Park. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ... |
| Date: | 10 27 1915 |
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| Description: | Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Men on Harley Davidson motorcycles lined up in front of Harry McDaniels' Bicycle and Motorcycle shop at 111 State Street. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of Fitchburg depot with train at platform, and a group of men and women waiting outdoors. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Bell Center depot with five men posing on the platform. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of a locomotive arriving at the Barnum Depot. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View looking up the 200 block of State Street from West Johnson Street, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction. The bank on the left i... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A parade turning the corner from Wisconsin Avenue on to the Capitol Square. A horse-drawn wagon in the foreground carries a May Pole and dancers from the K... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Lathrop, Post Mistress, stands with a dog and other people in front of the Post Office. There is a shoreline on the left. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Uniformed soldiers marching in a World War I homecoming parade. Many men are carrying flags, and the street is heavily decorated with U.S. flags. The soldi... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | "Gen." Wooster Harrison house. Sign in front reads, "Lincolns Abode/West Wing/1835". |
| Date: | 03 03 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a suffrage parade, with a large crowd looking on. The sign on the horse-drawn wagon reads: "We Demand an Amendment to the Constitution of ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of King Street, looking east, with a streetcar. Lake Monona is in the background. Caption reads: "King Street, looking East, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Street cars and busy pedestrian traffic mingle in this view of the 200 West Water Street block in downtown Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | W.F. Trukenbrod posing on the sidewalk underneath the awning of his store for this New Year's postcard. Text on right reads: "We Wish You A Happy New Year ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Deering Works factory seen across the waterfront from Diversey Avenue. In the foreground is a street and sidewalk with the sign "horse vehicles keep to rig... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Automobiles, including a Ford runabout, parked along a rural dirt road for an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department short course and ma... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Two International 1 1/2 ton Model F trucks parked along an urban residential street. The trucks were owned and operated by Standard Oil Company and carried... |
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