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Wisconsin "Badger"
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In 1922 the Wisconsin Truck Company purchased the Wisconsin Farm Tractor Company of Sauk City, which had formerly manufactured trucks as well as wagons, moved the operation to Madison, and resumed manufacturing. This vehicle, with license plate 1236A, was known as the "super traction" model. The company went out of business in 1925.
1923
Diemer, Melvin E.
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WHi 40957
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Grocery Truck
1921
Universal Delivery Grocery Truck built by the Wisconsin Wagon Company. The photograph was taken in 1921, about the time the company relocated its operations from Sauk City to Madison. The "We Liv...
Coop Service Station
1939
A serviceman checks the oil of a car at the Madison Co-op Station. During the 1930s the cooperative movement in Wisconsin expanded its rural base to offer products and services to city dwellers suc...
Stoughton Truck
1920
Closed truck manufactured by the Stoughton Wagon Company. This company's beginning as a manufacturer of wagons was a common origin for automobile manufacturers.
Park Hotel Bus
1924
International Harvester-made bus of the Park Hotel, probably photographed near the railroad station where it was picking up passengers. This small jitney-type bus was typical of the buses manufactu...
Wells Printing Company
March 14, 1937
Wells Printing Company's new plant interior. Many pieces of letterpress equipment can be seen; presses and wheeled carts.
W.J. Hyland Plumbing Truck
1920
Ford truck of Madison plumber W.J. Hyland parked outdoors.
