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"The Nearest Service Is Ford Service" Billboard

Date: 1923
Description: Outdoor view of a billboard from the Wis. Poster Advertising Co. promoting the Schoelkopf Ford dealership with an ad: "The Nearest Service Is Ford Service ...
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Conrad Seipp Mansion

Date: 1925
Description: View across street towards a boy and girl standing on the street corner across from the granite mansion built for Conrad Seipp at 3300 South Michigan Avenu...
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Conrad Seipp Mansion

Date: 1925
Description: View across streets towards the tower with a steeply pitched roof which anchors the southeast corner of the Conrad Seipp mansion at 3300 South Michigan Ave...
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Man Driving Team of Two Horses

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Description: A man and his dog are sitting on a cart pulled by two horses at a rural intersection on a muddy road. There is a corner of a building with a billboard on t...
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IHC Hay Press in Yard

Date: 11 11 1912
Description: Hay press in yard. The side of the press has "IHC Press Made By International Harvester Co.," and "Nov. 20, 1906, Aug. 31, 1909" painted on the side. In th...
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Man Posing with Hay Press

Date: 05 10 1913
Description: Man posing outdoors with IHC hay press. In the background is a fence and billboards.
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Scandinavian Trade Delegation Visits Madison

Date: 04 04 1964
Description: A Scandinavian trade delegation of 25 Norwegian businessmen and journalists visit Madison to publicize the inaugural flight of Scandinavian Airlines System...
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Billboard Advertising Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 10 1965
Description: Drawing attention to a large billboard sign is Edwin Traisman, left, president of McDonald's of Madison, and Vernon Cox of Vivid Outdoor Advertising Compan...
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Horse-Drawn Cultipackers

Date: 06 10 1915
Description: View from front of a team of two horses pulling a man on a cultipacker in a field. There are buildings in the background on the left and right, and on the ...
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Men and Child Posing with Tractor and Binder

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Group of men posing outdoors with a McCormick-Deering binder sitting on a street. There is a child sitting in the tractor seat of a McCormick-Deering sitti...
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Mariner Tower

Date: 1935
Description: Mariner Tower, built in 1930 at 606 West Wisconsin Avenue, standing to the left of the 1927 Schroeder Hotel in this elevated view looking east over lower b...
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Snow & Palmer Co. Dairy Products Delivery Truck

Date: 08 16 1926
Description: View across street towards a man standing on the side of a Snow & Palmer Co. delivery truck. Signs on the side of the truck read: "for clean pasteurized mi...
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks for Petersen Baking Co.

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: View across cobblestone street towards truck drivers sitting in four delivery trucks in front of a billboard and a brick building. The signs on the buildin...
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Street Near Dealership

Date: 01 20 1928
Description: View down right side of road towards buildings and billboards.
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Highway Leading into Town

Date: 11 01 1928
Description: View down highway towards a small town at the bottom of the hill. Trucks are coming up the hill. Tree-lined hills are in the background.
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Trucks on Snowy Street in Canada

Date: 03 05 1929
Description: View down street towards trucks parked along the curb. There are billboards on the left near a service station, and brick storefronts on the right. Snow is...
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Great for Business

Date: 10 09 1965
Description: Three men are putting up a billboard sign. Two of the men are wearing suits and the third is wearing an overcoat. Caption reads: "A billboard promoting Mil...
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Road Sign for McCormick-Deering Farm Machines

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: View across road towards a sign that reads: "McCormick-Deering Farm Machines Greenwood International Co. Inc."
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Washington Street Repaving & Widening

Date: 1948
Description: Crews of the Vinton Construction Co. are laying a 20 foot wide concrete slab in front of the northeast corner of Washington and S. 9th Streets. A truck is ...
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Main Street View of Suhr Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across East Main Street towards the Suhr building. On the left is an entrance and show windows for the Huegel-Hyland shoe store during its Going Out o...

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