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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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Madison Consumers Dairy Co-operative

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior of the Madison Consumers Dairy Co-operative, probably located at 102 South Dickinson Street, with the milkmen posing next to their home delivery t...
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Kennedy Dairy Wagons

Date: 1926
Description: A line of Kennedy Dairy horse-drawn wagons with drivers posing beside them. For Quaker Oats Farm.
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Sinaiko Hay, Flour and Feed

Date: 07 24 1933
Description: A man in a car poses in front of A. Sinaiko Hay, Flour and Feed at 653 West Washington Avenue.
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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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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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CCC Camp Scene

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of Civil Conservation Camp (CCC), tentatively identified as the Bloomington camp.
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Shriners Car

Date: 05 23 1936
Description: Madison Shriners, Temple 159, with their midget automobile.
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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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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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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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MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1945
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" turning onto North Carroll Street from West Mifflin Street. The "Trackless Train" was on a tour from New York to ...
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Ladies at Tea

Date: 1925
Description: Group of ladies at an outdoor tea during "homecoming." Behind the woman on the left is a large spinning wheel. An American Flag is standing on the lawn in ...
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Large Talus Rocks

Date: 1920
Description: View towards hillside with an outcropping of large talus rocks surrounded by trees near Castle Rock village. In the foreground is what appears to be a dirt...
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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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Young Man in Automobile

Date: 1933
Description: View through passenger side window of a young man seated at the steering wheel of an automobile involved in a shooting case.

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