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State Street from 200 Block

Date: 1929
Description: State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ...
Photograph

French Battery and Carbon Company

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the French Battery and Carbon Company office building.
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W.T. Grant Co. Variety Store

Date: 10 20 1935
Description: View of South Pinckney Street. From right to left: W.T. Grant Co., variety store, 21-23 S. Pinckney Street, and Strauss Shoes, 19 S. Pinckney Street, on th...
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Fleet of 3-F Laundry Trucks

Date: 07 11 1929
Description: Fleet of 19 3-F Steam Laundry trucks and one automobile with drivers standing beside the vehicles in front of office and plant at 731-747 E. Dayton Street.
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Paul E. Stark Company

Date: 05 26 1929
Description: View across intersection towards the Paul E. Stark Co. building, 124 W. Mifflin Street. The view also includes the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Life Insur...
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Construction of the Wisconsin Power and Light Building

Date: 10 11 1928
Description: View looking up Fairchild Street towards the Wisconsin Power and Light building, at 122 W. Washington Avenue, under construction, with a man working near a...
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Wilson Boycott Parade

Date: 1959
Description: As part of a statewide boycott of Wilson products, delegates to the State Federation of Labor in Cedar Rapids participate in an automobile parade. One car-...
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Lineman Suspended above Street

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Description: Elevated view towards a lineman sitting in a suspended seat, possibly stringing telephone line. There is an automobile parked near a brick building across ...
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Construction near City Hall

Date: 1911
Description: East Water Street at Wisconsin Avenue. City Hall is in the background. At the left is the Waldheim and Company Department Store of 407-411 East Water Stree...
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J. Robert Taylor with Camera

Date: 1936
Description: J. Robert Taylor standing in the middle of a street, holding a large camera. On the left, a car is driving by, and a person is walking on the sidewalk in t...
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Monroe Street Storefronts

Date: 1940
Description: Storefronts on Monroe Street, including Henry Esch Faville's Photography Shop at 1726 Monroe Street. Also shown is: George Burrowbridge, Barber, 1724 Monro...
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Orange Crush Truck

Date: 08 25 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress and a cloche hat is standing next to an Orange Crush truck while drinking from a soda bottle. The driver of the truck is sitting be...
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Dixie Bottling Company Trucks

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Two men sit in International trucks parked outside the Dixie Bottling Company building. Another man stands in the background, near the building for the bot...
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Unloading Grapefruit

Date: 04 11 1935
Description: Elevated view of a man opening a door on the side of an International Model C-40 truck to empty grapefruit into an adjacent bin. The truck was owned by Cal...
Photograph

International Motor Truck Branch

Date: 05 25 1937
Description: Exterior view of the International Motor Truck branch in Manhattan. A man stands on the sidewalk outside the building; a sign advertises "International Tr...
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UPWA's Wilson Strike

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 20 on strike against the Wilson Company. They are standing outside their union...
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Self-Portrait of Photographer with Car

Date: 1935
Description: The photographer stands beside an automobile with a 1935 Wisconsin license plate. Four large (possibly Norwegian) trunks with decorative painting are tied ...
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Vendors at City Market

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of men standing around vendor trucks parked at the city fruit market in front of commercial buildings. A building in the background has a sig...
Postcard

Street Scene

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Description: Photographic postcard down road toward a building on the right. Signs indicate that the Post Office and Fire Marshall can be found within. Two automobiles ...
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Relocating a House

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Description: View down street of movers relocating a house. A two-story wood house, with front porch still attached, sits on the flatbed of a truck as it moves down Wes...

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