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Dolton Bakery International Auto Wagon

Date: 1912
Description: A man is driving a 1909 International Auto Wagon with an enclosed body belonging to Dolton Bakery.
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Men Posing Outside Local Businesses

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Description: Seventeen men and boys are posing in front of the storefronts on a sidewalk on the north side of Main Street, between First and Second Streets, including O...
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Singer Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man carrying a box exits the passenger side of an International D-2 panel truck used by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The text on the box reads: "Si...
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Men in Town with Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Group of men on a city street with bales of cotton loaded in horse-drawn wagons. One of the wagons is a Springfield Wagon.
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Men Loading Cotton Bales

Date: 1905
Description: Men on a city street with bales of cotton loaded onto wagons, possibly in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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Black Earth State Bank

Date: 1925
Description: View across street of a group of men standing on the sidewalk in front of the bank. A streetlamp hangs from a utility line.
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Post Office

Date: 1921
Description: A group of men stand outside of the post office. There is a parked car at the curb. A building is being demolished and there is a pile of rubble in the str...
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Run on the First National Bank

Date: 04 1905
Description: Elevated view of street scene of a run on the First National Bank. The sidewalk is crowded with people, spilling into the street. A horse-drawn buggy is dr...
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Blacksmith and Wagon Shop

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Description: View across street towards six men posing, with four of the men wearing aprons and work clothes, and two men in suits holding guns. Beside them on the left...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe...
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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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Voting Rights Protesters

Date: 1964
Description: View towards sidewalk of a line of demonstrators carrying signs during a Freedom Summer civil rights demonstration. A man walking along the sidewalk holds ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
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J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers

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Description: View from street of the front of the J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers building on Main Street. A group of men, with a cat and a dog, are posing in ...
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Dexter Curtis Trunks and Valises

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Description: View from street of two men standing just inside the open doorway of the storefront. Trunks are displayed on pallets set up on the wooden sidewalk. Dexter ...
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Brooks McCormick

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Description: Brooks McCormick, on the far right, walking with a group of men near a building with a sign that reads, in part: "Przemysl Motoryzacyun." A man walking in ...
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Brooks McCormick

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Description: Brooks McCormick walking with two men near a building with a sign that reads, in part: "Przemysl Motoryzacyun." The location may be in Poland.
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Large Group of People in front of the International Harvester Co. Plant

Date: 1920
Description: View across street towards a large group of people gathered in front of the International Harvester Co. plant. Some of the people in the crowd are holding ...
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Large Group of People in front of the International Harvester Co. Plant

Date: 1920
Description: View across street towards a large group of people gathered in front of the International Harvester Co. plant. There are two or three large U.S. flags on d...

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