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The Sherlock Hotel

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior view of the Sherlock Hotel, 124 King Street at the corner of Doty Street. Snow is on the ground.
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Fire Fighter at Work

Date: 1934
Description: Fire chief at work. He is also a student earning his way through the University of Wisconsin.
Book or Pamphlet

International Fire Trucks

Date: 1934
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1934 line of International fire trucks, featuring an illustration of fire fighters climbing up a ladder, wit...
Photograph

I-12 Tractor with Hough Loader

Date: 1934
Description: McCormick-Deering I-12 tractor with an attached loader in a studio. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company of Chicago, Illinois.
Photograph

Sewerage Disposal Plant

Date: 1934
Description: Aerial view of Janesville showing the river fill for the new sewerage disposal plant.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: My Vacation Dream

Date: 1934
Description: A fisherman is reclining in his boat at sunset as many fish swim in the lake. He is drinking beer out of a tap attached to a barrel floating in the water. ...
Photograph

Portrait of the Goldberg Family

Date: 1934
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Goldberg family (from left): Sara (mother), Rosa Goldberg Katz, Uncle Hirsch, Moishe (brother), Abraha...
Photograph

Knickerbocker Hotel

Date: 1934
Description: Front of hotel from park across the street. Several cars are parked along the street, and a large building is visible to the left of the hotel.
Photograph

One Hundred Block of Pittsburg Avenue

Date: 1934
Description: A man is walking on the raised sidewalk in front of the building near a fence. On the windows is written "Lakehouse Lunch Room".
Photograph

Street Lighting

Date: 1934
Description: View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th...
Photograph

Street Corner in Residential Neighborhood

Date: 1934
Description: Electrical overhead street light suspended above road. A truck is parked on the right, and houses and trees line both sides of the road.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1934
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two adolescent Ho-Chunk women posing standing behind two adolescent Ho-Chunk women posing sitting. They a...
Photograph

Muller's Milk Truck

Date: 1934
Description: A man carrying a crate of milk bottles and wearing a hat and overalls walks toward an International truck owned by Muller's Union Dairy. The truck is parke...
Photograph

Bell Systems Truck

Date: 1934
Description: An International truck owned by Bell Systems is parked in a gravel driveway. A man wearing a hat is perched halfway up an electric pole with a coil of wire...
Photograph

International Truck

Date: 1934
Description: A man in a work uniform and hat is placing a wooden tray of tools into the back of an International pickup truck. The truck is parked along the side of a r...
Photograph

Canadian Delivery Truck at Depot

Date: 1934
Description: Man loading Canadian Pacific Express delivery truck at a depot loading dock. In the background are industrial buildings.
Photograph

Andersen's on Clam Lake

Date: 1934
Description: View down hill of a tavern, with signs advertising "Budweiser" and "Beer," on the shores of Clam Lake. There are numerous outbuildings and two automobiles ...
Photograph

Norseman Lodge

Date: 1934
Description: View of five cabins at Norseman Lodge on Lake Millicent. There are sidewalks between cabins, a birdhouse on the right, and the lake in the distance.
Photograph

Norseman Lodge Hotel

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior view of the Norseman Lodge with Lake Millicent visible in the background. The larger building on the right has a sign that says "Hotel." A bird ho...
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Boys with Horses at Red Arrow Resort

Date: 1934
Description: Three boys wearing swimsuits with two horses on the shore of Deep Lake with wooden row boats behind them. The Red Arrow Resort is visible on the left.

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