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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A boy wearing a coat and hat standing on a sidewalk while delivering newspapers to nearby homes. Attached to his newspaper bag is a sign reading: "Cook Cou... |
| Date: | 07 29 1953 |
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| Description: | Illinois Central railroad tracks at Monroe Street Castle & Doyle Building at Monroe and Regent Street intersection at 1512 Regent Street. The Wisconsin Sta... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Two men wearing suits are standing outdoors beside an International DCOF-405 truck purchased by Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the steering column, console, and seats in the cab of an International model DCOF-405 truck. |
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| Description: | View down a dirt street. Cars are parked at the curbs along the shops. The shops include a post office, Ford repair shop, and furniture/rug store. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View down middle of a retail street. Horses and buggies are parked on either side of the street at the curb. The visible shops signs are: Millinery, WallPa... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man poses outside the Fingerhut Brothers grocery and general store. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A busy commercial area. Cars are parked diagonally on either side of the street. There is a Chevrolet repair shop, gas station, hotel, Ford repair shop, an... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down the brick street in a busy commercial area. Cars are parked on either side of the road. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down a cobblestone brick road. Stores on the street include: the Columbus Hotel, Tremont Hotel, and a drug store. |
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| Description: | Memohead of the M. Hilty Lumber Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the Hilty's Invincible Hardwood Flooring trademark with the motto, "Matchless Yet Mat... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Hollister Amos & Company, a lumber dealer in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an embossed red heart imprinted with the motto, "Buy only Wolf Rive... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of McDonald & Stewart of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, "Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Lumber" and other products, with printer's fl... |
| Date: | 11 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a large service station with three groups of gasoline pumps in front, located at 2629 West Broadway in Monona. The building has a sales ro... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Jung's General Store/Gas Station/Barber Shop. The station's sign advertises Sinclair brand gas. |
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| Description: | A woman dressed in a costume that would appear to represent businesses and products of Wisconsin. Her very tall hat has a world globe on the top and the wo... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Stanley Stemp (owner) standing behind a typewriter in the Stemp Typewriter Company located at 533 State Street. This store was referred to as the "Little S... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | The Stemp Typewriter Company's two red and white service trucks. The company picked up and then delivered typewriters in need of repair. They also delivere... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Stanley P. Stemp (owner), on the left, and two employees stand on the sidewalk in front of the Stemp Typewriter Company located at 533 State Street. They h... |
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