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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Four individuals sit in four-seat runabout parked in a wooded area. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Five story building with a flag with the hotel's name on it flying from the roof. Several people, a car, and a trolley are in front. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Automobile Combination Chemical Engine and Hose Wagon. When the manufacturer, the Peter Pirsch Company of Kenosha, donated this image to the Historical So... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of men dressed in hats and jackets exiting an automobile at the curb. There is snow along the curb, and across the street are billboards... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Riverside Hotel, North 1st Street opposite the railroad depot. Two women, one holding a dog in her lap, and a man are sitting in chair... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a railroad train crossing a bridge over the famous White River near Ashland. In the foreground is an open automobile crossing the ri... |
| Date: | 04 09 1911 |
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| Description: | Lucy Rumsey Holt is driving her new electric car with her husband, W.A. Holt, who is sitting in the passenger seat. |
| Date: | 07 04 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking towards sidewalk and street of a crowd looking at automobiles lined up for a downtown race. According to Alan Picha of the Hillsboro ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of a street carnival with tents, circus banners and a Ferris Wheel set up in the middle of the street. Signboards advertise ice cream an... |
| Date: | 05 30 1912 |
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| Description: | Three girls are decorating Lucy Rumsey Holt's electric car with American flags for Decoration Day, possibly for a parade. Jeannette Holt is on the left. Sp... |
| Date: | 06 27 1912 |
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| Description: | Suffragist Mrs. Katherine McCullough speaking to a gathering in front of the store and post office run by Mrs. W. Bunda in Sister Bay. |
| 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: | Two youths are sitting in what appears to be a homemade racecar on a residential street. There is a 1913 license plate on the front of the car. A house is ... |
| Date: | 07 24 1913 |
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| Description: | The entire Holt family, except photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt, is squeezing into the car. Lucy Rumsey Holt was the principal driver of this electric car. Na... |
| Date: | 09 12 1913 |
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| Description: | Looking south on N. Plankinton Avenue and N. 3rd Street, with the The Second Ward Savings Bank (now the Milwaukee County Historical Society) in the triangl... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Commemorating one hundred years of Norwegian independence at a Syttende Mai (May 17th) celebration. An automobile with four people is decorated with a Norw... |
| Date: | 02 27 1914 |
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| Description: | Second Ward Savings Bank building (now the Milwaukee County Historical Society), looking northwest from the corner of W. Kilbourn Avenue and N. Plankinton ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Rear view of Robert Taylor's car, which he used for his work as the Milwaukee Journal's first photographer. A sign displayed across the spare tire r... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A group of a man, two women and two children playing croquet next to an automobile and a gazebo in a park. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A Fourth of July parade on S. Carrol Street featuring decorated vehicles. Flags are hanging from the sides of commercial buildings. |
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