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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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Crowd near Train Station in Russia

Date: 07 1917
Description: Crowd of women, children and soldiers at a train station on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The station may have been located between Mogzon and Vyatka, Russia...
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Second Avenue, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Building facades on Second Avenue in the East Village. Fire escapes and various signs attach to the buildings and hang into the street. A small group of ...
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Mobilization for Youth Center, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of a weathered stone facade with a framed sign that reads, "Mobilization for Youth, Youth Work Center, Centro de Trabajo Para Jovenes (16 a 21 ano...
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General Store

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Description: Four men, a dog and a boy sitting on the porch of the general store. Signs in the windows read, "Ferry & Co. Seeds" and "Rape seed for sale." A barn and wi...
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Street Scene

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Description: View across an intersection of a man standing at the corner entrance of an untitled shop. Down the sidewalk on the left a young boy leans over to talk with...
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Jackson County Bank

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Description: Jackson County Bank and the Norse Handel Grocery Store on the corner of First and Main Streets. A young boy is standing on the sidewalk in front of the gro...
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International Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: An International Harvester "sprayer" mounted on a wagon, possibly intended for pesticide application (or in this context, window washing?). The wagon is pa...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: First Hostel Trip

Date: 06 19 1940
Description: First page of the log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in the Neighborhood House summer program for girls, with images of bicyclists posed b...
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Bicyclists Posed in Front of Neighborhood House

Date: 06 19 1940
Description: Six girls with their bicycles standing in front of Neighborhood House at 768 W. Washington Avenue, ready to depart on the first bike hosteling trip sponsor...
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Bicyclists Preparing to Leave Neighborhood House

Date: 07 18 1940
Description: Anita Genna, Florence Quartuccio, Lily Caruso, Francis Musachia [Musachio], and Ann Vitale standing with or sitting on their bicycles preparing to depart f...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: 1941 Season

Date: 04 25 1941
Description: Page from the Neighborhood House log book for the first bike hosteling trip of the 1941 season to Sauk City, with three girls securing packs to a bike in f...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: First Trip 1941

Date: 04 25 1941
Description: Page with more images of the first trip of the 1941 season from the Neighborhood House log book of bike hosteling excursions, with Theresa Manderino, Vince...
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Three Bicyclists in front of Schumann's Store

Date: 04 25 1941
Description: Theresa Manderino [Mandarino?], Vincenza Raimond, and Mary Baldarotta [Baldarotto?] resting and posing on a low wall in front of Schumann's Store, as part ...
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Best Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with individual pictures of winners of the Best Gardens competition: George Caravello in ...
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Brass Band on Main Street

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Description: View across unpaved Main Street towards an African-American brass band standing and playing in front of the storefront for A.F. Werner. Pedestrians watch f...
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C.E. Mower General Store

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Description: Outdoor view of a European American boy wearing a cap who is entering the shop of C.E. Mower. Probably located on the north side of Main Street. There is a...
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Small Groups at Union High School

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Description: View across lawn and sidewalk towards of two men and two women posing sitting and kneeling in front of a large brick building. Another group is sitting nea...
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Group of People at Union High School

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Description: View across lawn towards two men posing standing and two women posing sitting and kneeling in front of a large brick building. Two women are sitting on the...

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