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Wade House

Date: 1858
Description: Ambrotype of the Wade House, a carriage inn located in Greenbush, also showing a section of the original plank road in the foreground.
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Newhall House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of elevated view of Newhall House which was destroyed by fire in 1883.
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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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Cats and Dogs on Sidewalk

Date: 1895
Description: Cat, kittens, and dogs sitting on a platform near a board sidewalk. Farm buildings and several woodpiles are visible in the background.
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh and Sled

Date: 1895
Description: A man stands on a sled pulled by a team of two horses that is carrying logs on a snow-covered road. Moving away from the log-carrying sled is an empty egg-...
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Women's Relief Corps Parading down Street

Date: 1902
Description: Women's Relief Corps with umbrellas parading down the street. Stuffed eagle parading as "Old Abe." Directly behind the two flags are, from left to right: ...
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Crushing Rock for Road Resurfacing

Date: 1910
Description: A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway.
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Gathering Raspberries at Grant's Point

Date: 1913
Description: Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley gathering raspberries and getting milk on the road to Grant's Point on Madeline Island.
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Stonefield Village

Date: 1965
Description: Rear view of a couple sitting in a horse-drawn buggy which is driving through a covered bridge at Stonefield Village. Buildings and trees are in the distan...
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Back to School

Date: 1975
Description: Elevated view down road from a hill towards a dog returning to his driveway after the children were picked up by the school bus on a rural road.
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Back to the Barn

Date: 1976
Description: A woman walks down a country lane with two horses. There is snow on the road and trees on both sides of the lane are bare of leaves.
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Geese, Trees and River

Date: 1979
Description: Geese and ducks on the shoreline and in the water, seen through trees. A paved road is in the foreground, and the far shoreline is wooded.
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Horse-Drawn Fire Engine

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Description: Three men in a horse-drawn fire engine racing down a downtown street.
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Man and Woman in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. There is a large fur over their laps. They are in front of the gate of a wooden fence and...

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