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Railroad Yard Behind Plant

Date: 09 27 1913
Description: View across railroad tracks towards commercial buildings along a street. There is a wooden sided railroad car on the tracks in the foreground. A sign on th...
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Railroad Boxcar in front of Garden City Beers Store

Date: 05 04 1916
Description: Railroad boxcar on tracks along the street in front of Garden City Beers store, Stan. Chrzaszcs.
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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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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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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: 03 04 1929
Description: View from intersection towards a dealership on a corner. Snow is piled up along the curbs, and a truck is parked on the left along the curb.
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Drugstore/Stationery Store/Photo Studio

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Description: View across an unpaved street of a building with three storefronts. Signs on the taller building on the right read "Drugstore," "Books/Stationery," and "Ph...
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834 West Washington Avenue

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Description: View of a building exterior from across the street. Signs in the shop window read: "Wholesale prices," "TV exchange," "As-built sets $40 & up," "Radios $5 ...
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Gas Blast Demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: A gas explosion demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon. Oregon firemen and neighbors are shown trying to salvage shoes that were part of the ...
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Gas Blast Demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: A gas explosion demolished the Kellor's store and garage near Oregon. The blast was thought to be caused by a leak in the underground gasoline storage tank...
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Crowd on State Street

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: Large crowd of shoppers appears on Madison's State Street due to the influx of 5,800 teachers attending the Southern Wisconsin Education Association teache...
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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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Madison Street Scene

Date: 10 25 1958
Description: A couple walking on the sidewalk alongside North Carroll Street towards the Park Hotel. Storefronts across the intersection on the left along Main Street i...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1933
Description: Text on front reads: "Main St., Wild Rose, Wis." Two women are sitting on a bench on the sidewalk under the awning of a restaurant, a trailer is parked at ...
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Main Street

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin." The downtown area with buildings, storefronts and sidewalks. Signs read: "Wisconsin Gas and Elec...
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Main Street

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin." The downtown area with buildings, storefronts and sidewalks along Main Street. Automobiles are o...
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Post Office Block

Date: 02 23 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office Building, Whitehall, Wis." Known as the "Post Office Block," the building was constructed in 1898 by postmaster Christoph...
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Anton Brees at the Carillon Keys

Date: 11 06 1957
Description: A man is playing a small double keyboard, from which tubes are extending. Behind him are large windows looking out towards a street scene. Across the stree...
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Main Street

Date: 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Westfield, Wis." Many automobiles and a Greyhound Bus are diagonally parked on Main Street. The destination sign on the ...
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Main Street

Date: 08 05 1919
Description: Text on front reads: "Main St. West Bend, Wis." View down center of a busy street with businesses, storefronts, pedestrians and many parked automobiles. Si...

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