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Farm Equipment at Exposition

Date: 08 1948
Description: Elevated view of the back stage area of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair Park. Permanent and temporary structures are visible, as are ...
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Pantorium Cleaners Truck

Date: 10 25 1934
Description: Delivery truck for Pantorium Cleaners, 558 State Street, with Hanks mansion, located at 525 Wisconsin Avenue, in the background among trees.
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Horse-Drawn Patent Medicines Wagon

Date: 01 07 1937
Description: A traveling salesman with Willson's Monarch Labs is standing beside the horse-drawn wagon that took him on sales routes in rural Wisconsin. Willson manufac...
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Milkman

Date: 1908
Description: Joseph Pearson, milkman, poses with his wagon and team of horses in front of the Madison High School at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Johnson Street.
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Borden Delivery Truck and Driver

Date: 10 01 1982
Description: Elwin "Al" Smith stands in front of his Borden's delivery truck on his last day before retirement. A University of Wisconsin dormitory and a parking lot ar...
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Spice Delivery Cart

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing next to a wagon pulled by two horses on snow-covered ground. The sign on the wagon reads: "Rawleigh's, Spices, Ex...
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View from street of two men posed sitting in a wagon full of grain bags and pulled by a team of four horses in front of the Merchants Hotel. L.S.Y. June, t...
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Bulk Truck

Date: 1958
Description: "This was an early bulk truck for picking up milk. The box had room for a whey tank, to return whey to the farm."
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Two Horses Pulling Street Waterer

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Description: Two horses pull a street waterer. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the summer to keep the dust down. ...
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Girl Scouts Cookie Sale

Date: 04 06 1948
Description: Girl Scouts Patsy Jensen, Lowell School, daughter of Mrs. Mary Jensen, and Carol Anderson, Lincoln School, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. A.W. Anderson, make a ...
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Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
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Unloading Refrigerators

Date: 08 08 1928
Description: Men unloading Frigidaire refrigerators from truck.
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Kennedy Dairy Truck

Date: 11 02 1932
Description: Kennedy Dairy Company truck displaying a new paint job.
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Grocery Delivery

Date: 1921
Description: Light delivery truck of Skuldt & Ayen, grocers, in front of a small apartment building.
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Lee & Seymour Trucks

Date: 05 26 1937
Description: Three Lee & Seymour delivery trucks parked in front of Lee & Seymour Furnace and Sheet Metal Co., 346 Russell Street.
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Monona Distributing Co. Trucks

Date: 11 05 1933
Description: Monona Distributing Co. three delivery trucks in front of H.E. Meier garage, 18 N. Charter Street. Sign on trucks reads: "Hellmann's Mayonnaise, Quinlin's ...
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Capitol Theatre Under Construction

Date: 03 01 1927
Description: Capitol Theatre, 211 State Street, under construction. American Bridge Co. on beams, and an Esser's City Market delivery truck.
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Madison Pepsi Cola Company Truck

Date: 09 16 1938
Description: Madison Pepsi Cola Company truck made by the Ideal Body Company in front of the Ideal Body Company shop on Park Street.
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Gately's Furniture Company Truck

Date: 09 27 1954
Description: View of passenger side of delivery truck for Gately's Furniture Company, located at 5005 West Beltline Highway.
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George William Harris with Mule-Driven Moving Van

Date: 1910
Description: George William Harris is standing on the left at the side of a mule-driven moving van. Another man is standing next to him on the right. The van is parked ...

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