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Genesee Street

Date: 12 14 1916
Description: View across Genesee Street towards a brick building and a street or alley. There is a sign on the side that reads: "International Harvester Company of Amer...
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McCormick Deering Hoist to Install Lampposts

Date: 07 18 1928
Description: View down street towards a man using a McCormick-Deering tractor with a hoist to install a lamppost on a sidewalk.
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Dealership

Date: 05 03 1929
Description: View across road towards a dealership in Lisbon, Canada.
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Dealership

Date: 10 12 1928
Description: View across street towards a large building. People are walking on the opposite sidewalk on the far left.
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Dealership

Date: 10 12 1928
Description: View across street towards a large building.
Photograph

Old Bridge Area Manufacturing Plants

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of several buildings, with bridge and railroad tracks, and the Fox River. In the foreground on the right is the Commercial House, with three ...
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River Falls Main Street

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Description: View across and down unpaved street, toward buildings on the right. Many of the storefronts are wood-framed, with two buildings further down the street mad...
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Hosiery Union Men's Choral Group

Date: 01 1944
Description: A group of men encircle a lightpost. A caption identifies them as "Hosiery Union housing project men's choral group."
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Crowd Downtown Madison Sidewalks

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Post-Christmas shoppers exchanging or returning unwanted Christmas gifts crowd downtown Madison sidewalks.
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Helping Child Touch the Lamp Post

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Description: Caption reads: "Cambridge, Wis. Policeman holding child up to let her touch the umbrella on the "lamp post" which is the community's "trade-mark"."
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Posing at Parasol Lamppost

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Description: Caption reads: "Cambridge, Wis. Girls posing on seat built around lampost [sic] that has sun umbrella over it."
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Man Driving McCormick Deering Hoist

Date: 07 19 1928
Description: View down street towards a man using a McCormick Deering hoist. A group of men are manually setting a lamppost or other object onto a sidewalk.
Magazine or Periodical

The Electric Light in Madison Square, New York

Date: 01 14 1882
Description: A drawing showing Madison Square at night, lit by electric lighting at the top of a mast. Men and women are strolling on the sidewalks and walking on the s...
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Young Woman on Skateboard

Date: 09 09 2018
Description: Young woman on skateboard on sidewalk along 3rd Street.
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Fog on Mississippi River

Date: 08 12 2020
Description: Man viewing fog on the Mississippi River from a bench in Riverside Park.
Photograph

6th Street View of Steeple Scaffolding

Date: 07 01 2020
Description: View from 6th Street towards scaffolding on steeple of St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral.
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Statue of Hiawatha Removal

Date: 08 11 2020
Description: A man is standing on top of a trailer loading a large statue of a Native American man attached to a crane.
Postcard

Lower Dells Filling Station

Date: 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "Lower Dells Filling Station, Wisconsin Dells, Wis." On reverse: "Lower Dells Filling Station, located at junction of 12 and 13. Super...
Postcard

State Teachers College

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Text on reverse reads: "College Entrance, State Teachers College, Whitewater, Wis." Simplified illustration, based on a photograph, of "Old Main" on the Wh...
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Wisconsin State Capitol from King Street

Date: 1958
Description: View of the top of King Street towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. Signs on the commercial building on the right corner read: "Huegel Hyland Shoes" and "P...

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