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Hurst Concrete Truck

Date: 1948
Description: An International Model KB-7 truck used to transport concrete blocks parked on a work or storage site surrounded by building materials. A man loads concrete...
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Convict Laborers

Date: 1915
Description: A group of convict laborers are wearing striped jumpsuits as they work to construct a road. Railroad tracks run through the foreground and people are stand...
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Great Western Oil Company Truck

Date: 03 13 1925
Description: A Model 103 International truck owned by the Great Western Oil Company of Cleveland, Ohio parked on a cobblestone street in a residential area. A man stand...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Street Department Crew

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: Outdoor group portrait of city streets department personnel Vincent Mongold (left), Gene Westbury, and Tony Cardarello Jr. The men helped set up the race t...
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Quartering Logs for Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Employees of Hess Cooperage quarter log sections for barrel-making. The man standing in the middle of the image is Joe Hess.
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Roofers on an Unidentified Residence

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Description: View across sidewalk towards two men posing standing on top of a wooden house which they are roofing.
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International Scout Parked Near Mailbox

Date: 09 04 1962
Description: Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of an International Scout parked by mailbox. A man in the driver's seat is putting a letter into the mailbox...
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John Hahn Piano and Furniture Moving

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Description: View from the street of John Hahn standing on the right with a horse hitched to a passenger wagon. In the center is the furniture moving wagon he owns, in ...
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Mann's Restaurant

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Description: James R. Mann, and Eleanor Mann, proprietors of Mann's restaurant, standing in front of their storefront, with the clerk, Joe Haberlie, and an unknown woma...
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Future Site of the State Archives Preservation Facility

Date: 11 11 2015
Description: Front entrance to the State of Wisconsin's Central Services Building, located at 201 S. Dickinson Street. The building contained Transportation Services an...
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Future Site of the State Archives Preservation Facility

Date: 11 11 2015
Description: View from the south side of the State of Wisconsin's Central Services Building, located at 201 S. Dickinson Street. The building contained Transportation S...
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Future Site of the State Archives Preservation Facility

Date: 11 11 2015
Description: View over fence towards the south side of the State of Wisconsin's Central Services Building, located at 201 S. Dickinson Street. The building contained Tr...
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Sid in his Backyard Garden

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Description: View across Sid's backyard, with Sid standing and wearing a Japanese kimono near one of his Japanese lanterns and a gate. In the background behind a fence ...
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Sid in his Backyard

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Description: View across lawn towards Sid, standing and wearing a Japanese kimono and near the large arch, the Japanese Tea Pavilion and other lantern sculptures in his...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Houses along a Madison neighborhood street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal. One house on this paper route has a front yard enclos...
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Truck in Neighborhood

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked in a neighborhood. Another man is standing near the open window of the pass...
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Truck in Neighborhood

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked in a neighborhood. Another man is standing near the open window of the pass...

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