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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ...
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Suffrage March

Date: 03 03 1913
Description: Elevated view of a suffrage parade, with a large crowd looking on. The sign on the horse-drawn wagon reads: "We Demand an Amendment to the Constitution of ...
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Camera Crew Films Farmers Harvesting Corn

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Camera crew from the Cloud County Farm Bureau filming farmers harvesting corn with a Farmall tractor. An International truck used by the crew is parked to ...
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I Like Ike

Date: 11 10 1956
Description: Bet winner and Eisenhower supporter Edwin L. Warner enjoys his payoff from bet loser and Adlai Stevenson backer John Shaat, as Shaat tows Warner along the ...
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Historic Intersection

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of intersection of the Janesville Plank Road and North Cape Road at Hales Corners, also showing Schubrino's Saloon. The Janesville road, some...
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Looking South on Main Street

Date: 1912
Description: Main Street, looking south.
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Testing Jeffery's Rambler

Date: 1901
Description: Thomas B. Jeffery's first Rambler automobile during a test for strength in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Men in Automobile near Hay Loader

Date: 1919
Description: View across field. Two men in the foreground on the left are sitting in an automobile. Behind them men are working with a hay loader and a wagon in the fie...
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Interstate Dedication

Date: 10 06 1961
Description: Dedication ceremony for a section of Interstate Highway I-90 near the Wisconsin Dells, with a group of Native Americans watching from above. A Dells Fargo ...
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Automobile Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 08 1933
Description: A covered wagon, horse-drawn carriage (coach), and an automobile on display at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago. Sign above the display ...
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Weber Wagon and Two Mules

Date: 1920
Description: A man climbs onto a Weber wagon led by two mules parked in an area behind several buildings. Autombobiles are in the background. The text on the wagon read...
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Industrial Tractor

Date: 11 03 1925
Description: A man loads a pile of dirt or gravel into a wagon attached to a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. There are buildings in the background and an au...
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Children and Adults Before Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: Children in costumes stand with adults near decorated baby carriages and coaster wagons before a Fourth of July parade. One of the wagons is covered and ha...
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Mayne Hotel

Date: 08 1925
Description: A mower and car parked in front of the dilapidated Mayne Hotel. Two boys are standing to the right of the car, and two men are talking near a wagon and bug...
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Three Men Weighing Scrap Iron

Date: 1942
Description: Three men stand near a trailer while weighing in a load of scrap iron brought from a farm by William Gory (at far right). At left is Jim Barrett, manager o...
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street with overhead sign reading "Welcome Garden City" sign. Text on buildings reads: "E.J. Pyle Real Estate" and "F. Finnup. Hardware." Ci...
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Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men with horses, wagons, cars and trucks are parked alongside railroad tracks near a large scrap metal pile. The men are participating in a wartime scrap d...
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Rose's Auto

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Description: Two men, presumably from Rose's Auto, pose with a homemade automobile with wagon wheels. Caption reads: "Rose's Auto, Rose City, Michigan."
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Columbus Wagon Loaded with Lumber

Date: 07 10 1916
Description: Man riding atop stack of lumber chained to a horse-drawn Columbus wagon on dirt road. An automobile is ahead on the right.
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Bank and Street Scene

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Description: View across street toward the bank. Near the bank is an automobile, pedestrians and a horse pulling a wagon.

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