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High School Band Marching Down Street

Date: 1942
Description: A high school band marches down a street during MacArthur Week, a state sponsored scrap drive effort.
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Demonstration for Alfalfa Planting

Date: 1913
Description: Men seated near public speaker demonstrating proper cultivation of alfalfa. Original caption reads: "This scene was taken during the Alfalfa Campaign in Du...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 10 1952
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby entrant, 11-year-old Billy West, son of Mr. and Mrs. William West of Route 2 in Madison, is shown behind the wheel of a Willys car. ...
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Vehicles Parked at Agricultural Instruction Meeting

Date: 1915
Description: View down road of horses with horse-drawn carriages parked on the left near what appears to be a park. On the right automobiles are parked along near comme...
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Panoramic Resort — Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1930
Description: View of the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. There is an information center offering gas, food, and Blatz beer. Two storekeepers and a boy sit on the p...
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Street Scene — Post Office

Date: 1930
Description: A man and his two children pose at the corner near the post office.
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Street Scene

Date: 1918
Description: View down road of children posing on the side of the road. Two people sit in an automobile. In the background are commercial buildings, and horse-drawn veh...
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Shorb Hotel

Date: 1924
Description: View across intersection of the exterior of the Shorb Hotel. Boys on bicycles are in the street in front near a man standing on the curb. Automobiles are p...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View down middle of commercial street. On the street corner on the right, a man man and children pose on the sidewalk near the drugstore. One of the boys i...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down street with children playing in the background. Along the street is a row of businesses and storefronts. Advertisements for Chesterfield cigarett...
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Milwaukee Picketers Supporting Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: A group of picketers supporting the nationwide United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott in front of Kroger Supermarket. Picketers are carrying signs that s...
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Ferryville Street Scene

Date: 1930
Description: View down street with commercial buildings on the left. There are children on the sidewalk in front of the R.G. Seymour grocery store. Next door is a resta...
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Ithaca Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: Two men and two girls stand at the sidewalk posing for the picture. A third man refuels the parked car.
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Oak Grove Camp Ground

Date: 1927
Description: Four young people standing in front of the main office and general store at the Oak Grove Campground. A sign on a tree reads: "Fresh milk, cream, eggs and ...
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Protestors Waiting for School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: View from intersection towards protestors waiting for the school bus carrying minority students from Roxbury High School to South Boston High School. They ...
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Women Hugging Two Children on Capitol Square

Date: 05 24 1958
Description: An unidentified woman hugging two children while standing on the Capitol Square across the street from the Park Hotel. At the corner of the Park Hotel on t...
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Spring Flowers

Date: 03 26 1959
Description: View from inside looking through show window towards two young girls holding umbrellas who are standing outdoors on the sidewalk on the Capitol Square. The...
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Reliable Models

Date: 1975
Description: Two boys wearing jackets and knit hats are riding light-colored horses in town. Behind them is a sign overhead rows of automobiles that reads: "Used Cars....
Postcard

Williams Block

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Williams Block. Shiocton, Wis." Slightly elevated view of street and commercial buildings. Two automobiles are driving past storefron...

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