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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,' ...
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Photographer J. Robert Tayor

Date: 1928
Description: Standing atop a special vehicle fitted with a body built to resemble a camera, Taylor found the ideal vantage point from which to cover a news event. The c...
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Reliability Race Winner

Date: 08 1928
Description: John P. Wood of Wausau, winner of the 1928 National Air Reliability Tour, with his "Waco from Wausau." Also in the photograph are Wood's prizes: the Edsel ...
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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: Carl Bates in his airplane. The bottom half of the card shows the beginning of a race between Bates' invention and an automobile. Bates was from Clear Lake...
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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: Carl S. Bates, a young inventor from Clear Lake, Iowa, about to race the Buick owned by Louis Strang on the beach at Daytona Beach. Bates originally chall...
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Railroad Repair Work

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Description: Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine.
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Rennebohm's at 1357 University Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: The Rennebohm Drug Store #1 at the corner of University Avenue and Randall Avenue, which replaced Rennebohm's first store located just across the street. 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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S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of the S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc. Office Building

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view of the S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc. office building looking toward a parking lot.
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First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
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Striking Sugar Workers

Date: 1955
Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by u...
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Swift Workers on Strike

Date: 09 1959
Description: Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 167 on strike outside the Swift & Co. plant in St. Paul.
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Strikers' Message

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co.
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Hubert H. Humphrey Speaking to Workers

Date: 1968
Description: Hubert H. Humphrey speaking to factory workers through a megaphone from the back of a convertible.
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Virginia Farmers Union Coop Members

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Description: Virginia Farmers Union coop members leaning on a car. Sign above reads, "Farmers Union... Inc. Office-Warehouse & Dairy Division".
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Working Men Walking Past a Building

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Description: Two men wearing hats, one of whom is carrying a bucket and a tool, walking across the street from a large building.
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Water Street Bridge Repair

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets.
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Martin's Tailor Shop on State Street

Date: 1967
Description: The Deutschkron's store, Martin's, a tailor shop, located at 427 State Street (Ella's Deli on left).
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P&H Exterior Type "AN" Hoist with Grab Bucket

Date: 1914
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger type "AN" hoist with a grab bucket and an enclosed trolley over railroad tracks with a train car underneath it. The crane is stam...

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