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| 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... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | An electric streetcar in Milwaukee with a large Gimbels sign in the background. |
| Date: | 08 07 1928 |
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| Description: | Robert Mitchell's Madison service station, 529 University Avenue. During the 1920s service stations evolved from curb-side shacks to more attractive buildi... |
| Date: | 09 08 1930 |
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| Description: | Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. |
| Date: | 06 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Elks Magazine purple and white free wheeling Studebaker President 8 roadster convertible parked in front of the Elks Club, 120-124 Monona Avenue. The car's... |
| Date: | 06 29 1932 |
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| Description: | Hommel's Star Food Store at 606 S. Park Street, with promotional truck in front of store, and children looking on. Vehicle (Ballyhoo Truck) has a painted s... |
| Date: | 03 19 1936 |
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| Description: | Leon J. Waters standing in front of his used car lot at 746 E. Washington Avenue where he offered small down payments, easy terms, and good will. A small T... |
| Date: | 08 15 1937 |
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| Description: | Employees of Don's Delivery Service, Inc. near the main Post Office, with Harley Davidson motorcycles and a closed panel truck. They are parked across the ... |
| Date: | 03 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Night view of the "Mifflin Arcade" with terra cotta facade. Businesses include Silver Dollar Tavern at 117 West Mifflin Street, Sibyl Hats at 119 West Miff... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the Pharmacie Werner in Boulay/Bolchen, France. This region was part of Germany in 1889. Two men are standing in front of the build... |
| Date: | 07 04 1913 |
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| Description: | Group of people known as the "Moonlight Outing Club" at Muskego Lake. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Customers sitting at the bar in the Buckhorn Tavern. There are five mounted deerheads above the bar. The bartender is standing behind the bar. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Fred Schenk grocery store on the corner of Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street. Included in the photograph are Art Ramsey, Matilda Schenk, a... |
| Date: | 07 09 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of used car lot of Van Drisse Motors, a Ford dealer, at the intersection of Main and Monroe Streets. |
| Date: | 06 06 1936 |
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| Description: | Farmall F-12 tractors pulling parade floats at the Texas Centennial. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Scrap drive at International Harvester dealer. Original caption: "C.J. Moericke, who is dealer at Marion in the Green Bay territory, was receiving scrap fr... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Man driving an egg-shaped "Co-op Eggs" truck outside a Safeway grocery store. The truck is an International D-300 operated by the Washington Cooperative Eg... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | International D-35 box panel truck delivering Fox's Ubet chocolate flavored syrup to a "Sweet Shoppe." The truck was owned by H. Fox & Company, 283 Christo... |
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