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Main Street on the Square

Date: 1900
Description: View down Main Street on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking West."
Photograph

Caught at the Milk Station

Date: 1913
Description: Mr. J.E. Waggoner, International Harvester Company Agricultural Extension Dept. employee, delivering roadside alfalfa lecture to a crowd of farmers arrivin...
Photograph

Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated view of Grand Avenue. A number of horse-drawn carriages are lined up near a bridge.
Photograph

Flooded Park Street Viaduct

Date: 05 19 1933
Description: Flooded Park Street viaduct, with a railroad train on tracks above the viaduct. There is a car in the water under the viaduct, and a man is standing on the...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Appleton.
Photograph

Farm near Stream

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Description: View from hill over a valley dotted with farmsteads and a meandering stream in the foreground. A group of three or four people are posing at the opposite s...
Photograph

Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Rear view of a circus wagon going through town, with a band on top pulled by a team of six horses. People are walking in the street behind the wagon, and t...
Photograph

Crowd on Main Street Watching Parade

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Description: Crowd of people lined up along board sidewalk watching a parade on diagonal part of Main Street. The boardwalk on the other side of the street is elevated....
Photograph

Women's Relief Corps Parading down Street

Date: 1902
Description: Women's Relief Corps with umbrellas parading down the street. Stuffed eagle parading as "Old Abe." Directly behind the two flags are, from left to right: ...
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

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Description: Memorial Day procession at Second and Main Streets, with the Women's Relief Corps leading the way.
Photograph

Group of Boys in Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Boys walking in a Memorial Day parade, in front of the Women's Relief Corps with umbrellas.
Photograph

Parade on Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of parade turning from Nebraska Street onto Main Street. Women with umbrellas line the sidewalk in the foreground of the image. The Montello ...
Photograph

Fourth of July Crowd

Date: 07 04
Description: A large crowd of people gather for a 4th of July celebration. Sign on building on the right side of the street reads: "Tanana." A large American flag is ha...
Photograph

Two Women on Rainy Street

Date: 1910
Description: Several pedestrians cross a city street on a rainy day.
Photograph

Crawford County Historical Pageant

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Crawford County Historical pageant participants depict various early citizens. Back row: Russell Kieser, card sharper; Ray Burgess, Irishman; Lawrence Geis...
Photograph

State Eagles Convention Parade

Date: 06 26 1948
Description: Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce float (horse-drawn, covered wagon) in the Eagles annual parade, on East Mifflin Street. Manchester's store, at the corner ...
Photograph

Crowd on Street Corner

Date: 1912
Description: A large crowd of women, children, and men standing on sidewalk and curb. They are probably waiting for the trolley. Many of the people are carrying package...
Photograph

Motorcyclist with Small Umbrella on Helmet

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Description: A man on his motorcycle in the street is posing with a small umbrella attached to his helmet. A watch also hangs from the front of his shirt.
Photograph

Milwaukee Movie Set

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed actors on a Third Ward street transformed to represent the 1930s for the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger".
Photograph

C-254 Cultivator on Super C Tractor

Date: 1952
Description: Front view looking towarsd a man under an umbrella using a Farmall Super C tractor outfitted with a C-254 cultivator to work in a field. Another man on a t...

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