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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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American House or Flom Hotel

Date: 1870
Description: The Flom Hotel or American House, 323 East Main Street, at the corner of South Hancock Street. The Vilas House, whose conveyance stands in front, was a riv...
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Montello Rural Mail Carriers

Date: 1903
Description: Three rural mail carriers pose with their horses and buggies in front of the Montello Post Office. Postmaster (Dr.) Edward A. Bass stands in the backgroun...
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Madison old Central Fire Station

Date: 1900
Description: Madison old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster St. Three men driving horse-drawn ladder trucks in front of Madison Fire Station, 10 S. Webs...
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View of Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: A view of a broad street lined with businesses in brick buildings. Horse-drawn carts are parked along the street and pedestrians are visible as well. Signs...
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Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a wide city street. Horse-drawn carts are in the street and pedestrians crowd the sidewalks. Sign in window reads: "Law Offices of D.A. St...
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Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lights hang over the street. Business signs read: "J.H. Kreiling Tailor" "J...
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Rural Mail

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Description: Man delivering mail in winter using a sled pulled by two horses.
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Main Street Looking North

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Description: Electric cable car tracks run down the street and horse-drawn carts are on the right side of the street. Electrical power lines are strung across the stree...
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Western View Down Broadway Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Broadway Street business district, with electric lights and power lines overhead, and streetcar tracks. Text on bank building (far left) reads:...
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Building a Levee

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Description: View of the process of building a levee, including many horses and people. Caption reads: "Building the Levee near Port Gibson, Miss."
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Mailman Delivering Mail To Rural Boarding House

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Description: A mailman in a horse-drawn vehicle delivers mail to the mailbox of a rural boarding house.
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Street Scene

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Description: View across intersection down South Dubuque Street featuring Hotel Jefferson, built in 1913 with a Classical Revival influence. Automobiles and horse-drawn...
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Street Scene in the Business District

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Description: View down South Dubuque Street featuring Hotel Jefferson in the distance at left, built in 1913 with a Classical Revival influence. Automobiles, cable cars...
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East Main Street

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Description: View down East Main Street featuring Mansion Hotel and The Turf Saloon, both rebuilt after the 1905 fire which destroyed the entire block.
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Herrling Mail Delivery Sleigh

Date: 02 06 1908
Description: The horse-drawn mail delivery sleigh used by Franklin Herrling.
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Buckstaff-Edwards Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Buckstaff-Edwards Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of coffins and caskets and wholesale dealers in caskets and undertaking supp...
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Rural Route No. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Rural Route No. 3 in Bonduel, Wisconsin, with a man driving a U.S. R.F.D. mail wagon along a road by a fenced yard, a barn, and a mailbox. Pr...
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Kennedy Dairy Company

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of horse-drawn milk wagons and drivers posing in front of the Kennedy Dairy Company, 621-629 West Washington Avenue. Some drivers are standin...
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Conklin Ice House

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men posing on horse-drawn wagons parked in front of the Conklin Ice House. In the background on the right is Lake Mendota.

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