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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Betsy Ross house. Two larger buildings flank each side of the house. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Seven men are holding the original flag from Perry's Victory. The men are standing on the flagship "Niagara" to celebrate the centennial of the victory. Th... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Snow covers a streetcar and pedestrians walk through a snow-covered street. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd and observation tower at motorcycle races at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Men on raised platform are judging the races. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two men playing baseball for semi-pro teams in a Milwaukee ballpark. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A building site at 11 West Main Street, next to Gamm's Jewelry Store and Cop's Cafe. Power lines are in the alley in the background. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A group of people under a tree in a farmyard, with possibly a lake in the background. Two women, with heavy netting on their hats, hold luggage. A toddler ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two men sit at the reins of a horse-drawn United States mail sleigh which ran from Sturgeon Bay to Egg Harbor. Another man is kneeling inside the sleigh ne... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A woman in a dress is talking to two men in hats who are riding in a horse and buggy. They are in a field near a tree. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | School friends Ethel and Eleanor fence-sit on a summer day. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Signs are advertising sideline businesses along a rural road. There is a large sign that reads: "For Sale Belgian Carrier Pigeons," and a smaller sign that... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a young dark-haired women standing in a field of flowers before a sign attached to a telephone pole. The sign reads: "Choice Honey For ... |
| Date: | 03 18 1924 |
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| Description: | "Clock at Goldman's Jewelry Store, corner of Wisconsin Avenue and E. Water Street, run down by a truck." A crowd gathers around the broken clock. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Harold O. Hornburg of Hartland, Wisconsin, who stated that "he is standing on the front of the machine with his hands on his hips. His bu... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Standing atop a special vehicle fitted with a body built to resemble a camera, Taylor found the ideal vantage point from which to cover a news event. The c... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A tree-lined, rural road in the Kickapoo Valley of southwestern Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A farm and brook in Southern Wisconsin. Several trees hang over the brook along with a trace of snow. |
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