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Pigs Loose in Nakoma

Date: 02 25 1947
Description: Four men wrestling with escaped pigs in the backyard of a home in the Nakoma neighborhood. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block o...
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Historic Workbench of Deming Fitch

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: A workbench is pictured on which the desks for the first state constitutional convention in 1848 were made by Deming Fitch, its former owner. Mr. Fitch, wh...
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P&H Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 15 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on a residential street with a operator in the cab. Men are working in the street, and trees and power lines are l...
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Gasoline Powered Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 18 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered concrete breaker on a residential street with an operator in the cab and men working on the ground. Houses and yar...
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Leicht Transfer and Storage Company Truck

Date: 11 15 1937
Description: An International truck used by the Leicht Transfer & Storage Co. parked in a driveway beside a residence and a garage. A man is sitting in the cab. The let...
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Bloch Family on Porch

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Description: Robert Bloch and his family pose on their second floor porch at the flat they rented at 2626B Maryland Avenue. This was during Bloch's work at the Marx age...
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Bamby Donut Truck

Date: 1950
Description: A man removes a wire tray filled with wrapped packages from an International LB-110 truck owned by the Excelsior Baking Company. The truck is parked along ...
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International Metro Truck

Date: 06 1949
Description: International Metro truck parked at the curb in a residential neighborhood with large houses in the background.
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Paper Boy Delivering Newspapers

Date: 1918
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...
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International KB-7 Moving Truck

Date: 1947
Description: View from across a residential street of a moving scene. Men are loading household items into an International KB-47 truck owned by Security Storage Compan...
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Hill's Dry Goods Company Truck

Date: 1939
Description: View from street of a uniformed man standing near the back of an International D-30 truck owned by Hill's Dry Goods Company parked in a residential area. T...
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Cataract Ice and Coal Company Delivery Truck

Date: 11 10 1937
Description: A man unloads a block of ice from the back of an International D-30 truck owned by Cataract Ice and Coal Company. The truck is parked along a curb in a res...
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Tews Lime and Cement Company Truck

Date: 05 18 1939
Description: Two men standing near the back of an International D-246-F truck outfitted with a cement mixer body. The truck is owned by Tews Lime & Cement Company.
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Paper Boy

Date: 2012
Description: Paper boy riding a bike along Charles Street on Labor Day. He is wearing a green shirt, camouflage shorts and white tennis shoes. In the background is a ne...
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Paul Vanderbilt

Date: 07 1974
Description: Paul Vanderbilt sitting in a painted metal chair in George Talbot's (Vanderbilt's successor) backyard on Jenifer Street. He is wearing a plaid jacket, trou...
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Sid with Toonerville in Winter

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Description: Sid standing in his snowy backyard looking at his wooden trolley, Toonerville, which has been covered with plastic for the winter. Some of Sid's sculptures...
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Sid Boyum Working on Painting

Date: 1962
Description: Sid Boyum, standing in his backyard, painting a landscape depicting Little Fork River in northwest Minnesota.
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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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