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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of some of the businesses on North Main Street, including the Strand Theater and Olk Drugs. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Architectural rendering of a four wheel drive auto factory, with a smokestack billowing smoke. The four-wheel drive propulsion was invented by Otto Zachow ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | An unidentified woman who worked at the Four Wheel Drive factory in Clintonville assembling trucks during World War I. She is wearing a special uniform fo... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Pictured here are four of the women who joined the work force at the Four Wheel Drive Company in Clintonville in order to build trucks for the American and... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Paving the main street with concrete was an occasion that brought out a large part of the Clintonville community to watch. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Captain Alexander E. Williams of the War Department testing the experimental truck that the Four Wheel Drive Company hoped to manufacture for the army. In ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t... |
| Date: | 12 04 1916 |
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| Description: | Storefronts of Malik Brothers, Paul Binder, and Frank Beer Home Bakery. |
| Date: | 12 04 1916 |
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| Description: | Storefront view of Milbauer's Pharmacy, with two automobiles parked on the street. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A three-story wooden structure with front porch identified as the Ward Hotel by a large sign on the front of the building. Several automobiles are parked d... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior pages of a brochure advertising the Topp-Stewart four-wheel drive tractor. Two photographs of men using the tractor, one in snow and one in a farm... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Tripod Chevrolet of Clintonville, Wisconsin, with three-quarter views of various Chevrolet models, including the Corvair, Corvette, and Cheve... |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Strapless bra worn by Clara Kuester of Clintonville, Wisconsin and made by Jantzen, Inc. in the early 1950s. (Museum object #2000.74.28) |
| Promotions on Paper, 1850s-1975 |
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| Custom-designed letterheads were a universal way of proclaiming who you were. Historical letterheads are prime examples of early branding. |
| Automobiles in Wisconsin History |
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| Read about the evolution of the automotive industry and the drastic changes in manufacturing work, road infrastructure, the economy and American culture. |
| Wisconsin and the Invention of the Car |
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| Discover how Wisconsin's influence on the automobile and tourist culture. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Bird's [sic] Eye View of Clintonville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic view looking down center of street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Clintonville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photograph looking across unpaved North Main Street towards commercial buildings. Two horse-drawn carriages and one horse-drawn freight wag... |
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