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Behind the Wheel
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A man is sitting behind the wheel of his automobile which is parked at the curb of a street lined with businesses. A pedestrian is walking across the street in the background on the left. Signs on buildings across the street read: "Piano Sale, The Greatest Manufacturers, Sample Piano Sale", "Brunswick Lunch", "Hoffler Mfg. Co." and "Schlitz Beer, The Beer That Made Wisconsin Famous".
1907
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W013Y73
WHi 149027
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Street Scene
1907
Text on front reads: Street Scene, Seymour, Wis." View across and down an unpaved street. The right side is lined with homes, businesses, sidewalks and trees. Several horse-drawn wagons are further...
Stock Fair Day
June 19, 1916
Text on front reads: "Marrow [sic] St., on Stock Fair Day, Seymour, Wis." Elevated view looking West on Morrow Street, the name is misspelled on the front. The street is filled with buyers and sel...
Decorated Automobile
1907
Festively dressed passengers posing in an automobile decorated for a parade. A house and trees are in the background.
Parade Car
1907
An automobile decorated for an early 4th of July parade traveling down the street. The passengers are dressed festively. Signs for "Castersen & Co. General Merchandise," "L.G. Becker Bakery" and "S...
Cow Pulling Uncle Sam in a Buggy
1907
Uncle Sam and a driver in a parade buggy, pulled by a cow wearing a decorative fly net. A main street with more buggies is in the distance. American flags are hanging over the street, and a house i...
Outagamie County Fair
1907
Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." Elevated view of fairgoers at the grounds with horses, buggies and automobiles. An exhibit building is on the left and a tent on the right. In the distance...
