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Katherine Verikios

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: Katherine Verikios, 10, 1135 E. Mifflin Street, wearing fur-trimmed coat. She won the Madison Label Saving contest and received a new Chevrolet.
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First Artesian Well in DePere

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people standing near an artesian well. Men wearing long coats and hats to protect them from the water are standing on and unde...
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This Train For Racine

Date: 1900
Description: Several men pose on a station platform in front of a locomotive and railroad car at the end of the railroad tracks. A man standing in the center is wearing...
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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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Exterior View of Dealership

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Description: View across street towards the front of a dealership. Signs on the building read: "B. F. Adams. Seeds and Farm Machinery." and "McCormick Harvesting Machin...
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Installation of Telephone Pole

Date: 07 19 1928
Description: View down street towards a man driving a McCormick-Deering tractor to install a telephone pole on a city block. Other men are standing at the front of the ...
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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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Harvester Building

Date: 03 26 1928
Description: Harvester building on the corner of a street.
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Elevated View of City

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks towards a crowd of people along a commercial street near horse-drawn vehicles and a street railroad car.
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Dealership

Date: 01 14 1929
Description: View across road towards a dealership. The sign on the front reads: "Muscatine Implement Co."
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Dealership

Date: 05 03 1929
Description: View across road towards a dealership in Lisbon, Canada.
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Cage Hardware and Implement Co.

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: View across street towards a group of people standing at the entrance to the Cage Hardware and Implement Co. in the center, and another group of peoplestan...
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Gluths' House with Party

Date: 06 26 1910
Description: Four women, one man and a child are posing on the front steps of a screened-in porch. A wooden walkway leads to the porch, and over and around the right si...
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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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Group Outside Building

Date: 1918
Description: A group of people pose outside a building. Signs in a doorway advertise the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, and the Hartford Fire Insurance...
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Village House

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of an unpaved main street, with the Village House across the street in the center background. Wooden buildings and wooden sidewalks are on bo...
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Home of Professor William Francis Allen

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Description: View of a house with a tree in the front yard. Caption on front reads: "Wishing you a very happy Christmas and New Year." On the reverse is written: "Would...
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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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Post-Christmas Shoppers Return Gifts to Downtown Madison Stores

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Traffic crowds Madison downtown streets and parking stalls as shoppers return or exchange unwanted Christmas gifts.
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Kenosha Truck Drivers Protest at State Capitol

Date: 12 05 1960
Description: A group of truck drivers from Kenosha picketing at the State Capitol. They are protesting Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) rate orders involving transp...

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