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Wrecked Car

Date: 06 29 1937
Description: Three-quarter view from front left towards a wrecked Chevrolet car with Illinois license plate.
Photograph

800 Block of Jenifer Street

Date: 07 27 1939
Description: 800 block of Jenifer Street taken from the middle of the road showing skid marks.
Historical Object

Army Nurse Identification Card

Date: 09 24 1945
Description: The identification card of Signe S. (Skott) Cooper, 1st Lt., ANC. (First Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps.) The card was issued SEP 25 1945. Her photograph is ...
Historical Object

Hans E. Skott's Certificate of Identity

Date: 02 12 1946
Description: Identification papers of Hans E. Skott, an officer with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. His title was "Registered Agricultural...
Photograph

Group of People in International Auto-Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: Several men and a young girl in an International Auto-Wagon on a dirt road. One or more of the men may have worked for an International dealership. The car...
Photograph

Yellow Cab Transfer Company

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of the Yellow Cab Transfer Company located at 643 E. Wilson Street, (housed in the Denison Building) with two cabs with drivers out front.
Photograph

Sinaiko Hay, Flour and Feed

Date: 07 24 1933
Description: A man in a car poses in front of A. Sinaiko Hay, Flour and Feed at 653 West Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Velie Automobile

Date: 1914
Description: Two men sitting in an open car in a field. There is a bluff in the background. On the front of the car underneath the windshield is a license plate with th...
Historical Object

International Harvester Light Duty Models Paint Chart

Date: 1975
Description: International Harvester light duty models (100-500) cabs and bodies color chart. Contains paint chips for the main exterior body color and matches this wit...
Print

New Stoughton Company Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the New Stoughton Company, manufacturers of truck cabs and bodies, wagons, bob sleds, spreaders, and "Stoughton Cushioned Trailers," with a t...
Photograph

Wisconsin's First Coupe

Date: 1905
Description: Automobile alleged to be the first coupe built in Wisconsin. The vehicle was built by Gus Wilkie of Sheboygan from the body of a carriage and the chassis f...
Photograph

Maxwell Car

Date: 1912
Description: Although this photograph is unidentified, license plate records in the Wisconsin State Archives indicate that in 1912 the car (a Maxwell) was registered by...
Photograph

Young Woman Holding License Plates and a "Keep Wisconsin Clean" Sign

Date: 1958
Description: A young woman standing outdoors holds two 1959, Wisconsin license plates and a "Keep Wisconsin Clean" sign. The signs were made to promote the Governor's K...
Photograph

Detroit and Jefferson Streets

Date: 1938
Description: Several houses along the road next to a local restaurant with several signs advertising food and drink. A car is on the far left in the road.
Photograph

Model T Ford

Date: 1907
Description: Ed Lindner at the wheel of a Model T Ford.
Photograph

Studebaker

Date: 1955
Description: "This is a 1950 Studebaker. Critics dubbed it a 'two row corn picker!'"
Photograph

Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors

Date: 05 23 1997
Description: "Jerry Burgess, Field Supervisor for Phoenix Fabricators and Erecors, has a 'catchy' license plate."
Photograph

De Vaux Automobile

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Viennese star Ilse Maraavenga standing beside De Vaux automobile in front of De Vaux dealership, 14-16 North Fairchild Street.
Photograph

Model T Ford

Date: 1915
Description: Otto Lindner and Edward Lindner (at the wheel) of a Model T Ford.
Document

Tripod Chevrolet Letterhead

Date: 1965
Description: Letterhead of Tripod Chevrolet of Clintonville, Wisconsin, with three-quarter views of various Chevrolet models, including the Corvair, Corvette, and Cheve...

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