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Yellow Cab Transfer Company

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of the Yellow Cab Transfer Company located at 643 E. Wilson Street, (housed in the Denison Building) with two cabs with drivers out front.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
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Phoenix Log Hauler

Date: 1914
Description: Steam log hauler made by Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire, pulling loaded skids through snow. Rice Lake lumber camp, overland spur.
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Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck.
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Red Dot Potato Chip Plant

Date: 1939
Description: Man working with machinery at the Red Dot Potato Chip plant.
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Training World War I Mechanics

Date: 1918
Description: Training classes for University of Wisconsin student cadets in the repair of automobiles and trucks during World War I.
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Horse-Drawn Road Grader

Date: 1920
Description: Advanced, horse-drawn road grader in action. Here, excess dirt moves up a conveyor belt and is dumped in a wagon next to the grader.
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Road Construction Steam Shovel

Date: 1920
Description: Road construction crew of the Nelson Weber Construction Company and steam shovel. This construction was photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Associati...
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Seed Company Grounds

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Workers in trial fields of the Leonard Seed Company, with the processing plant in the background.
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Judging Butter

Date: 07 1915
Description: Group of men, perhaps participants in a University of Wisconsin short course, tasting butter.
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S.M. Babcock and Tester

Date: 06 09 1928
Description: S.M. Babcock, on the right, and his original milk butterfat tester at an honorary ceremony.
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Camp Randall Bleachers

Date: 1916
Description: Bleachers at Camp Randall, sometimes then called Randall Field, being tested for strength.
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Dashing through the Snow

Date: 1930
Description: Winter scene with sleigh carrying six well-bundled passengers pulled by two horses and pulling a skier behind in Eagle River. The trees are blurred.
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Dinner Dance

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Couples on the dance floor at The Chanticleer nightclub.
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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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Lamb Judging at Livestock Show

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated view of lamb judging in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion.
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Stacking Sheaves of Grain

Date: 1930
Description: A man is standing in a field and stacks sheaves of grain. He is wearing a hat and is smoking a cigarette.
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Three People with Horse and Buggy

Date: 1920
Description: A woman in a dress is talking to two men in hats who are riding in a horse and buggy. They are in a field near a tree.
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Clam Fishing

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of six men on the shore of a river, with piles of clam shells inside loose wooden fences near a pile of firewood and an axe. The firewood may...
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Dr. Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a stool and milking a cow. Another man stands near the head of the cow. They are in a fenced field near a road, most ...

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