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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A man poses next to his 1912 model Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a young calf in a crate strapped on the back of the motorcycle. Behind the man is a silo... |
| 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: | 02 01 1947 |
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| Description: | Art Deco style storefront of Hieber's Drugstore. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Sidewheel rafter, Annie Girdon. The crew is on deck and a raft of logs is in the foreground. Sign on wheel reads Annie Girdon, lightning pack... |
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| Description: | View looking south down Main Street, which is lined with commercial business. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the street. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Toll House in Hudson showing two cars passing through. Caption reads: "Toll House, Hudson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Display in the window of a pharmacy promoting National Pharmacy Week. National Pharmacy Week was used as a way to help educate consumers about the role pha... |
| Date: | 03 02 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Kelly's Prescription Shop. A small display about cancer is in the display window on the left; a sign welcoming guests is on the right. |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Educational window display promoting awareness about tuberculosis at the Frankfurter Pharmacy. |
| Date: | 07 09 1970 |
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| Description: | Picket line of striking Northwest Airlines ticket agents and office workers who were represented by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan... |
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| Description: | The tugboat Ashland with several passengers visible on deck. |
| Date: | 05 05 1937 |
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| Description: | View of an educational exhibit set up under the auspices of George Beal, for the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, at the dedication of the Mellon Institute. |
| Date: | 01 07 1937 |
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| Description: | A traveling salesman with Willson's Monarch Labs is standing beside the horse-drawn wagon that took him on sales routes in rural Wisconsin. Willson manufac... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two salesmen stand beside one of the Willson's Monarch Remedies horse-drawn wagons. Willson's sold patent medicines, spices, extracts, flavorings, and "toi... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Architectural model of a village type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Men are standing behind the model, and there is a fire in th... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising... |
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| Description: | An electric streetcar in Milwaukee with a large Gimbels sign in the background. |
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