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Hill Crest Farm Auto Truck

Date: 1915
Description: A man is sitting behind the wheel of a truck used on Hill Crest Farm for carrying dairy and farm products to market. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1925
Description: View along railroad tracks towards the Rewey railroad station. A locomotive spewing smoke into the air is approaching the depot, and passengers are standin...
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Lake Kegonsa Log Cabins — Highway 51

Date: 1930
Description: View from driveway over a stream towards a row of six log cabins to the left Highway 51. A Texaco Station and a delivery truck are on the far left. Cars ar...
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Wrecker - 24 Hour Service

Date: 1929
Description: A wrecker truck and driver parked behind a sign that says " We Guarantee Our Service". The steering wheel is on the right. Countryside in the background.
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Children Exiting an International School Bus

Date: 1930
Description: View down side of road of a group of children exiting an International school bus. On the front and side of the bus is painted the "International" emblem. ...
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Brady's Lodge

Date: 1927
Description: Filling station and office at Brady's Lodge. An attendant is standing by the gas pump. There is a truck parked on the right. Signs on the left read: "Sandw...
Postcard

Fuselage on Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard of the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) fuselage in profile. The fuselage is carried by a truck, with a man sitting in the driver's se...
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Lawson Airplane Company Plant

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field of a long brick Lawson plant building with a smokestack. Several automobiles are parked near the plant on the left, and on the rig...
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Chalet Cheese Co-op

Date: 1968
Description: A dairy truck is under an awning at a cheese factory. A sign near the top of the two-story building reads: "Chalet Cheese Co-Op." Field crops are growing b...
Photograph

Oldenburg Farm

Date: 08 04 1926
Description: View across barnyard towards a silo next to a barn. A truck is parked inside the open barn door. The sign painted on the side of the barn reads: "Oldenburg...
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View across road towards a truck parked on the side of the road. A large auger is hanging in front of the truck. Fields are in the background.
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Two men are using a large auger to dig a hole for installing telephone poles. A truck is parked nearby, used for installing the poles. The sign on the side...
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B.T. Co. Truck

Date: 03 01 1928
Description: Telephone Co. linemen making installation on pole. A truck is parked nearby.
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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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Delivery Trucks

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: View across dirt road towards a man in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. The truck is hauling a large section of pipe chained to rear wheels and resti...
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Installing Telephone Poles with Drill

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View from field towards men installing telephone poles with a large drill attached to the front of a truck. The sign on the truck reads: "The Shippers Rapi...
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Truck

Date: 1930
Description: A 1925 Ford Model T Roadster pickup is parked in a field of red-blooming wildflowers. There is a man in the driver's seat, another man is reclining on the ...
Photograph

Group of Farm Implements in Field

Date: 10 12 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of farm implements on display outdoors in a field. A sign in front reads: "McCormick-Deering Ball-Bearing Cream Separators." There a...
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Vitense Golfland

Date: 08 06 1960
Description: Golfers playing the miniature golf course at George Vitense's Golfland; a combination of a miniature course, a par-three 18-hole layout, a driving range an...
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Palmer Greenhouse Sign

Date: 06 2019
Description: Fresh Starts Farms LLC Greenhouse sign on the flatbed of a truck parked in a field.

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