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Pharmaceutical Delivery by Bicycle

Date: 03 11 1949
Description: A delivery boy straddles his bicycle, ready to make a delivery of medicine for the Pekin Prescription Laboratory.
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Irish Milk Boy

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Description: A young boy drives a donkey-powered cart with a large milk can as cargo in Fermoy, Ireland.
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Soap Box Scooter Champions

Date: 08 26 1935
Description: Group portrait of Soap Box Scooter champions and adults in front of the G.A.R. Hall, 118 Monona Avenue. Also shows portion of Monona Hotel, 114 Monona Aven...
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International Truck Driver Talking with a Boy on a Bike

Date: 1950
Description: A uniformed driver of an International semi-truck (tractor-trailer) is talking with a boy on a bicycle outside a restaurant or diner.
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Habermann Hotel and Buffet

Date: 1900
Description: View across dirt road of two businesses. On the left is a two-story brick building with large windows which are painted with signs that say: "Habermann Buf...
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Corliss Post Office

Date: 1901
Description: Post office, with seven men and a boy standing in front. Corliss is now called Sturtevant.
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Portrait of Henry Stacy (Badsoldier) and George Bearchief

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Description: A studio portrait of two young boys, Henry Stacy (Badsoldier) and George Bearchief, standing with bow and arrows by a prop stone wall, in front of a painte...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Males

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk males posing sitting and leaning against a prop stone wall. Probably John Blackh...
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Two Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men standing in front of a prop stone wall and a painted backdrop. On the right is Tom Thunderchief, (son...
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Studio Portrait of Ulysses White

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, Ulysses White, posing standing and leaning on a prop stone column in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1892
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting on either side of a prop stone wall and prop wood fence. They are...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men and Boy

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on a prop stone wall on the left, and wearing a suit and bandana and holdin...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, George Otter, Jr. (Hay Cho Kah), sitting on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit...
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Studio Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on a stool in front of a painted backdrop. He has his left arm resting on a prop stone wall, and is ...
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Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of John Pigeon – “He Cho Kah.” Born 1875, died August 1915. Posing standing in front of a prop stone wall and painted backdrop....
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Studio Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women (unknown) seated, wearing several necklaces, earrings, traditional blouses, rings, and moccasins, in front of a...
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Double Exposure with a Ho-Chunk Girl and Woman

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Description: Double exposure, one exposure of a studio full-length portrait of a Ho-Chunk girl posing standing in front of a painted backdrop wearing several necklaces,...
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Buffalo Street Pipe Installation

Date: 10 1914
Description: Buffalo Street construction, showing heating pipes being installed under the cut pavement. A boy is bent over in near a pile of dirt in the background look...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Left to right are: Don Spring, 13-year-old Soap Box Derby racer; his dad, Fireman A.E. Spring; and Lieut. Wilson H. Donkle, chairman of the fireman's Soap ...

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