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Electric Streetcar

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Description: An electric streetcar in Milwaukee with a large Gimbels sign in the background.
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Somersault of Death

Date: 10 1906
Description: A female daredevil stunt driver, possibly Beryle Elliot, in a horseless carriage catapults up into the air, doing a loop-the-loop or sommersault off a ski ...
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Soldiers in Square near Park Hotel

Date: 07 04 1877
Description: "From Sullivan's Block, outside Park Hotel, soldiers in a square," one of four "Different Views of Parades in the Streets" identified in Dahl's 1877 "Catal...
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Two Men Racing Horses on Racetrack

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Description: Elevated view from grandstand of one sulky driver and horse leading another in a race. The judges booth is on the other side of the track near a tall tree.
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Men Racing Horses on Racetrack

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Description: Racehorses and jockeys rounding the bend in the racetrack. In the background is the grandstand on the left, and the judges booth in the center near a tall ...
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Water Wagon Pulled by Horses

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Description: Slightly elevated view towards a horse-drawn water sprinkler on a wagon approaching an arch over the intersection during a parade. People are gathered on t...
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Central Square

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of crowds in the central square surrounding arriving trolley cars. Caption reads: "Central Square, Gorham, ME. Cars Just In."
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Scene at Country Fair

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Description: Elevated view of the scene at the country fair. In the foreground a crowd is gathered near a pavilion near the racetrack. In the background on the right is...
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Gathering Crowd

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of crowd of men, women and children, gathered for some unidentified occasion, standing in the street. There is also a group of people gathere...
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Men Posing in the New Street

Date: 1889
Description: Elevated view of group gathered and posed on a new street. Behind the group is a large pile of lumber, wooden sidewalks, and what appear to be newly-constr...
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Parade at Midwest Shrine Convention

Date: 09 07 1956
Description: The six-pony hitch pulls the big coronation coach of Medinah Temple of Chicago, drawing cheers from the crowd as it passed along University Avenue to the U...
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Mrs. Beercroft

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Description: Mrs. Beercroft, née Lucy Hoven, and her mother in a decorated carriage in front of the Hoven family home on Mifflin Street. A crowd stands on the sidewalk.
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1st East Koshkonong Church

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Description: Exterior view of a church, with the congregation entering. Some horse-drawn buggies are on the left. Photograph caption reads: "S.O. Stevens, Stoughton, ph...
Postcard

A Busy Day in Rio

Date: 08 18 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A Busy Day in Rio." Slightly elevated view of an unpaved main street with cement sidewalks and crosswalks. There are buildings and s...
Postcard

East Side Square

Date: 08 25 1911
Description: Caption reads: "East Side Square, Monroe, Wis." Elevated view of people walking on the sidewalks and in the street, and a horse and buggy driving by on the...
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U.S. Regulars Passing Thru

Date: 06 12 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "U.S. Regulars passing thru Shullsburg Wis. June 12th." Elevated view of a long line of uniformed soldiers, four abreast, marching dow...

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