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Don's Delivery Service

Date: 08 15 1937
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 ...
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Lawson's Great Airliner

Date: 1921
Description: The completed Lawson L-4, the second and larger airplane designed and built by Alfred Lawson in Milwaukee in 1920. Not only was Lawson's airliner intended ...
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International Auto Wagon

Date: 1913
Description: International Auto Wagon parked in front of a horse outside a post office. The truck is loaded with sacks, possibly filled with mail.
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Blied Building Remodeling

Date: 05 09 1949
Description: Elevated view from Park Hotel Roof of the remodeling of the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street. Other West Main Street businesses visible are Madison Bank...
Postcard

Milwaukee Mail Truck

Date: 1909
Description: Milwaukee's first mail truck, here referred to as an "auto car." The date comes from a similar postcard that is postmarked. Caption reads: "Auto Car in Ma...
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Mail Carrier at the Door of IH Dealership or Branch House

Date: 11 24 1924
Description: A mail carrier pauses outside the back door to an International truck dealership or branch house. A sign above the door advertises "repairs" on the second ...
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Scout Mail Truck

Date: 1961
Description: A mail carrier leans out the side of a Scout 80 mail truck to hand letters to children waiting at a mailbox.
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Illinois Central Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: Illinois Central Railroad station, 603 West Washington Avenue. The passenger depot is in the foreground, and the freight depot is across West Washington Av...
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International D-15 Mail Truck

Date: 1939
Description: An International U.S. D-15 mail truck used by American Airlines is parked with its rear doors open on a runway in front of an airplane. Two men are working...
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Christmas Mailing

Date: 12 14 1949
Description: Henry Olson, a post office employee of nine years, was loading parcel post packages at the Madison post office this week, signalizing the start of the Chri...
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Mail Carrier in RFD Mail Truck

Date: 1915
Description: Mail man driving an International Model M U.S. Mail truck that was part of the Rural Free Delivery service. The truck was equipped with tire chains to driv...
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International Model M Hotel Baggage Truck

Date: 1914
Description: Young man sitting in an International Model M truck used for transportation of passengers, the U.S. Mail, and the transport of luggage to hotels and depots...
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Mobile Civil Defense Test

Date: 10 31 1951
Description: Elevated view of the 125 vehicles which were used in Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison. The vehicles were parked on Monona ...
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view toward buildings along the left on Main Street. A tavern is next to a general store with a gas pump on the corner. Two automobil...
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600 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 100 block of State Street. Businesses include: Brathaus, The Perfume Shop, Lou's Tobacco Bar, Pattie Wago...
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US Mail Truck

Date: 10 29 1928
Description: A man is sitting behind the steering wheel in the driver's side seat of an International mail delivery truck. The "International" emblem is on the front si...
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Postal Carrier and Route Truck

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American postal carrier is standing on the sidewalk with mail in a rolling cart. He is wearing a winter postal employee uniform and a hat. Behin...
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Norwalk Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: Street scene down middle of street, with businesses on both sides. A hotel, the post office, and a hardware store are on the left. A mercantile, ice cream ...
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Business District

Date: 1921
Description: View across street towards the row of businesses along the sidewalk on the right. Includes, from the right, a man in an apron, and three young girls standi...
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Group of Men in Bus

Date: 1912
Description: Three-quarter view from front of a group of men sitting in an Internatioal bus which is parked at the curb near what appears to be an International Harvest...

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