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Rural Dirt Road in Oakfield

Date: 1916
Description: Car on a dirt road near Oakfield in Fond du Lac County. The road eventually became U.S. Highway 151. County Highway Commission Costello is driving the car....
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Man with Hemp Plant

Date: 1916
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat standing in a dirt road holding a hemp plant, probably to be used in the production of binder twine.
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People Sitting in Car Drinking Beer

Date: 1916
Description: Three people sitting in the back seat of a parked car drinking beer and other beverages in glasses. The building behind them is the Otto Sprenger Millersvi...
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Car in the Farmyard

Date: 1916
Description: Will and Lorena Holloway seated in a car parked in a farmyard while chickens forage in the foreground.
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Overland Touring Cars

Date: 1916
Description: Overland Company of Illinois was saved from a multitude of financial issues by John Willys, a skillful salesman, in 1907. Shown in this photograph are men ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down a long dirt road toward an intersection with two shops. On the left is a car parked outside the shop. Three men pose together at the corner. Ther...
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Bloomington Main Street — Alternative View

Date: 1916
Description: View of Main Street from the middle of the street looking down the street. Cars are parked on either side of the street. On the left side, there is a woman...
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Hotel and Post Office

Date: 1916
Description: A hotel, barbershop [?], and post office. The hotel has a roofed porch and chairs. A man stands under the awning of the barbershop, and another man leans a...
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Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down driveway of two men and a woman stand on the open porch or loading dock of a building. A car is parked next to the group. There are other buildin...
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Samson Automobile Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Advertisement for the Samson nine-passenger automobile featuring a photograph of men and women sitting in the car.
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Scene at Wilton

Date: 1916
Description: View across street in a central business district. On the opposite corner is a brick building with a balcony. A man sits in front of a store front on the s...
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Model T Roadster in Front of Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership

Date: 1916
Description: Small roadster parked in front of Schoelkopf's dealership at 210 E. Washington Avenue. A man stands near the entrance on the right. On the far left a car i...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking North

Date: 1916
Description: View of the central business district of Fairwater. Horses and wagons and automobiles in the street. A hardware store is on the left. Two men are on the ri...
Postcard

Dewey's Garage

Date: 1916
Description: View of an auto service garage with Model T's parked in front. A storefront on the left has a sign for "De Laval Cream Separators" above the awning. Captio...
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After Arbutus

Date: 1916
Description: The group of people with sn automobile appears to be coming home after an outing, possibly to the Arbutus Mineral Spring in Oconto. W.A. Holt is opening th...

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