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Filter: Year of 1920-1929
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| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin students sitting on the base of the Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Road construction crew of the Nelson Weber Construction Company and steam shovel. This construction was photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Associati... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Crowd seated on the lawn of Agriculture Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a ceremony honoring S.M. Babcock, inventor of the butter test. |
| Date: | 07 14 1928 |
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| Description: | Home economics demonstration about interior design for the women attending an Agricultural Extension Station Day. |
| Date: | 06 09 1928 |
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| Description: | S.M. Babcock, on the right, and his original milk butterfat tester at an honorary ceremony. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Clothing demonstration for women by the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Extension at the 1921 Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A street gathering of people interested in using war-salvaged explosives for a land clearance program. |
| Date: | 09 25 1929 |
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| Description: | Couples on the dance floor at The Chanticleer nightclub. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 05 1928 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked at the Pennsylvania Oil Company filling station on the corner of State Street and Gorman Street. The "Trac... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked in front of the Hotel Loraine on West Washington Avenue. The YMCA can be seen on the right. The "Trackless... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Three men, unidentified, standing on the steps of the Wisconsin state Capitol. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | “Station Day” (agricultural demonstration) field trip party walking out into a half-grown cornfield. |
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