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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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"The Wall Street News" Truck

Date: 02 11 1927
Description: A man loads newspapers onto an International Model S truck used by "The Wall Street News". Text on the truck reads: "The Wall Street News; Published by the...
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"The Detroit News" Truck

Date: 1925
Description: An International Model SL truck owned by "The Detroit News" parked in front of Cook & Dyer Drugstore. A man is removing piles of newspapers from the truck ...
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Paper Delivery

Date: 02 16
Description: "Bicyclist, Mark Musack, one of Theresa's best 'Paper Persons,' making the rounds on 'The Reporter' route."
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Chicago Journal of Commerce Truck

Date: 01 18 1939
Description: View from across street of a man unloading newspapers from the back of an International D-Series panel truck owned by the Charles Levy Circulation Company....
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"The Sun" Newspaper Truck

Date: 09 22 1937
Description: A man unloads a bound stack of newspapers from the back of an International D-2 panel truck owned by "The Sun" newspaper.
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Applying Shingles

Date: 10 1983
Description: "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department...
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Madison Public Library Bookmobile

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Exterior view of the new Madison Public Library bookmobile parked in front of the City-County building on Monona Boulevard.
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 47-54

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Description: The fast movement was a nervous reach for something west.
But along the way there was no hurry. Wait for noontime, turned round to a movement eastward,<...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
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Photographer's Silhouette on Unidentified Street

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Description: Perspective view of an unidentified street paved with gravel, with the photographer's silhouette. There is a house on a hill on the right, and more houses ...
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Portrait of Postal Carrier Carl Wagner

Date: 1972
Description: Portrait of the postal carrier Carl Wagner on the porch of Sid's house, displaying a Life magazine in his arms, and holding a stack of mail.
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: View across road towards men sitting in the driver's seats of a fleet of about nine delivery trucks parked in a row backed up against a large building. The...
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'Outdoor Living Day' in Madison

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: Model Marlyn Sachtjen paddling around in the 16 by 32 foot pool which was constructed on the Capitol Park overlooking State Street. Ruth Andres sits at the...
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Photography Gallery

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Description: View across snowy street towards a two-story commercial building with a false front. The sign painted on the front reads "Photograph Gallery." A man and a ...

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