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Willie Harradon

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Description: Cigarette Advertising Cards produced by Allen and Ginter. Depicted is Willie Harradon, a cyclist also known as "The Youthful Phenomenon."
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Studio Portrait of Man Riding Bicycle

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Description: A man poses on a bicycle for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The man is well-dressed in a hat, suit jacket, and trousers. He wears two un...
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Marching Band in Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A marching band in full regalia in a Fourth of July parade. They are walking in the street, spectators are along the grass near the curb, and storefronts a...
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Children with Decorated Bicycles

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A crowd of children are lines up in a park with bicycles and tricycles decorated with streamers and tissue paper before a Fourth of July parade.
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights are costumed as Native Americans, cowboys, and flowers are marchin...
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Memorial Day Celebration

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Description: A panoramic view of a Memorial Day parade/celebration as it rounds the corner of a street. According to text on the back of the print, this celebration too...
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Shepard Terrace Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: A lineup of over twenty costumed children assembled along 2620 Chamberlain Street in the Shepard Terrace neighborhood. They had performed a circus for Roun...
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Westmorland Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Some of the 300 children who took part in the Westmorland Fourth of July Parade line up on a narrow tree-lined Westmorland Boulevard. 3,000 people took par...
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Madison Bicycle Safety Week Parade

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Ten-year-old David Paepke, Sauk City, is pictured with the new Sears Roebuck and Company bicycle he won in the Madison Bicycle Safety Week slogan competiti...
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Fourth of July Neighborhood Celebration

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Children pose with bicycles decorated for the Fourth of July.
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1969
Description: Photographic holiday postcard of a couple on their bikes in a driveway. Shrubs and palm trees surround them. A map of the Pacific Ocean is in the backgroun...
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Bike Parade Winners

Date: 06 09 1953
Description: Two of the top winners in the annual youngsters' bicycle parade. Holding the trophy for the best decorated bike and best costume is Mary Coster, shown with...
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Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's Party

Date: 07 22 1953
Description: Stanley and Florence Herrling posing on a bicycle built for four at the Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's party.
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To My Valentine

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Description: Valentine's Day card with a boy on a trike. He has a basket of hearts and letters on the back, and is wearing a red hat, blue and white striped shirt and b...
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Three Children with Bikes

Date: 07 04 1964
Description: Two children with a tricycle and a bicycle, and one boy in a Mexican cowboy costume, pose at the edge of the street in front of a home, next to a mailbox. ...
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Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1964
Description: Children on bikes in Madison's Crestwood neighborhood July 4th parade. In the center is Peter W. Faber (1959-2007) wearing a Mexican cowboy costume, origi...
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Four Children with Bicycles

Date: 07 04 1964
Description: Three children, and a toddler in a stroller, pose at the edge of the street in front of the Faber home at 5706 Dogwood Place, Madison, Wisconsin. A decorat...
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Theresa Sesquicentennial

Date: 06 1996
Description: A banner can be seen above a street in Theresa, celebrating the town's sesquicentennial.
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Mayville Audubon Days

Date: 10 1996
Description: "Mayville Audubon Days bike riders from Ft. Atkinson take a break at Widmer's Cheese."
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Bike Safety King and Queen

Date: 06 20 1958
Description: The crowning of the Bike Safety King and Queen begins Bicycle Safety Week at a Coronation Banquet. The King and Queen are shown with their parents. Left to...

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