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| Date: | 09 30 1933 |
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| Description: | A gas station in a Trachte building on the corner of Highway 51 (Monona Drive) and Highway 30 (Cottage Grove Road). "Johnson Gasoline," and "Defiance Spark... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | International M series panel truck used for delivery of baked goods. The truck was owned by Michele Riverso, Panetteria Napolitana of 1450 W. Polk Street. |
| Date: | 03 05 1929 |
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| Description: | Sherwood Avenue lined with parked cars and billboards advertising "Esso," "Miller Bros." restaurant, "Wrigley's" chewing gum, "Koester's Honey Bread" and o... |
| Date: | 07 24 1960 |
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| Description: | A mobile silage processing equipment truck owned by the Black Earth Farm Service company. |
| Date: | 12 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Waupun on the Rock River. There is an inset at top center of "Althouse, Wheeler & Co., Windmills and Pumps." |
| Date: | 09 11 1945 |
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| Description: | An automobile parked in front of the West Side Fountain operated by John P. Stein and Joseph Scalissi with Borden's Ice Cream, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi and Royal ... |
| Date: | 10 29 1933 |
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| Description: | The Hansen Auto Body Company building, 113 - 123 South Blair Street with signs advertising the services of fender straightening and glass replacement. |
| Date: | 09 06 1930 |
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| Description: | Streetcar advertising the Marx Brothers in "Animal Crackers" at the RKO Capitol Theatre. |
| Date: | 09 06 1930 |
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| Description: | Banners and caricatures of the Marx Brothers adorn a streetcar advertising the film "Animal Crackers" at the RKO Capitol Theatre. |
| Date: | 06 1947 |
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| Description: | A family boarding a route #40 streetcar. A sign on the front of the car advertises midget auto racing at the State Fair grounds; the second urges people to... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | An advertisement for the A.H. Kayser lumberyard at 204 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a brochure advertising International CO Loadstar heavy-duty trucks. Features color photograph of two CO Loadstars facing each other. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Cover of a brochure advertising International school buses. Features a boy and a girl boarding a school bus. The headline reads: "Route Matched." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Shows railway lines in Wisconsin marked in red and counties in colors. The meridians are Greenwich, Wisconsin and Washington, Wisconsin. The map folds into... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an International Harvester general agency (dealership) building in New Zealand. A sign advertises "British & American Built Farm Machinery... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | International Model F (or 31) truck operated by Wells Fargo and Company Express services. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A man sits in an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by Wells Fargo and Company Express delivery services. The truck is parked outside the Wells F... |
| Date: | 03 03 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east on W. Wisconsin Avenue from approximately N. 4th Street, with the Wisconsin Hotel on the left and the Majestic building on the r... |
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