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Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller and Company Advertising Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for Aultman, Miller and Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Features a chromolithograph of a woman sit...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking East

Date: 1890
Description: Main Street, looking east at storefronts. Booths with flags and bunting are set up on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Green Bay, Wis. Main Street, Looking Ea...
Postcard

Street Scene during the Berry Season

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view over rooftops towards a main street during berry season. Horse-drawn wagons are gathered further down the street near an intersection. The Mo...
Postcard

Lake Park and Drive

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Description: Elevated view with the lake on the right, with a number of boats near the shoreline. There is a long winding road through the park, including bridges, a fo...
Postcard

Main Street with Streetcar

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Description: Colorized elevated view looking north down Main Street. There is a streetcar and two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground. Caption reads: "Main Street, l...
Print

John Pritzlaff Hardware Co. Billhead

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Description: Billhead of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "jobbers in hardware, iron & cutlery, bicycles, sporting goods etc.," with a three...
Magazine or Periodical

The Velocipede Mania — What It May Come To!

Date: 05 01 1869
Description: Humorous engraved image showing a street scene crowded with people riding bicycles. In the background are businesses identified as J. Shanks Livery Stable,...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Cover

Date: 1897
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man fixing a bicycle while a woman and two children look on. The woman's outfit sports "leg o' mutton" (or gig...
Magazine or Periodical

Escort Into Minneapolis

Date: 07 23 1892
Description: Frank Lenz entering Minneapolis escorted by members of the St. Paul Cycle Club, the Minneapolis Business Men's Bicycle Association, and the Minnesota Divis...
Postcard

Farwell Street — Looking North

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Description: View down center of a street lined with trees in a residential neighborhood. Horse-drawn buggies are in the distance. Caption reads: "Farwell Street — Look...
Postcard

C. M. & St. P. Railway Station

Date: 1916
Description: Photographic postcard view of a train on the tracks, several people on the platform, a boy standing with a bicycle, and a horse and carriage parked behind ...
Postcard

Fox Lake Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Fox Lake Hotel, with several guests on the porch and balcony. Horses and buggies are in the street. The Fox Lake Livery Stable is next...
Postcard

Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: View looking up street towards the businesses along Wisconsin Avenue. There are cable car tracks running up the street, and a bank is on the corner. Pedest...
Postcard

William Hartig Brewing Company

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "1125 Cady Street, Watertown, Wis." The William Hartig Brewing Company with the Jacob Hoeffner home on the right. On the unpaved stree...

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