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Parade on the Capitol Square

Date: 1910
Description: A parade turning the corner from Wisconsin Avenue on to the Capitol Square. A horse-drawn wagon in the foreground carries a May Pole and dancers from the K...
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Children at Fountain

Date: 1905
Description: Children at fountain on Broadway and Superior. Two girls are sitting in a pony-cart, a girl is looking through a railing with a dog, while a boy is filling...
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Horse-Drawn Cart Advertising Movie

Date: 09 24 1932
Description: Horse-drawn cart advertising "Horsefeathers," a Marx Brothers movie, for the RKO Orpheum Theatre. "Mad Mirth takes a chariot ride among the wild oats."
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Henry Hooker Family

Date: 1871
Description: The Henry Hooker family in front of a picket fence before their stone house, which has a bird cage and a picture hanging on its front porch. In the 1870 c...
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Flag Drill at Henry Vilas Park

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Description: Fourth of July flag drill at Vilas Park, choreographed by F.W. Kehl in Madison. The land for Vilas Park was donated to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Background with Men on Ramp

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard. Two men walk up a ramp leading into a railroad car. Both men are pushing large i...
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Bergh Monument Fountain

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of fountain in front of the old City Hall, with a memorial to Henry Bergh (?-1888), founder of the American Humane Society. Several other bui...
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Commercial Area near Lake Michigan

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The...
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T.G. Mandt Carriage Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar...
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Men and Women in a Carriage on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of a Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
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Del McDermid in Horse-Drawn Vehicle

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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"Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" Movie Set

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: Caption on negative jacket reads, "The 20th Century Fox motion picture studio crew at work filming 'Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man,' based on Ernes...
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Masonic Temple Grand Lodge

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Description: View of the stone Norman style Masonic Temple Grand Lodge and its tower. A statue of General John Fulton Reynolds on horseback is in the square in front o...
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Haymarket Square

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Description: Elevated view of a busy Haymarket Square crowded with horse-drawn wagons.
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Stockholm Village School

Date: 1905
Description: Students and teachers standing outside two-story brick Public School building.
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Susquetanna County Court House

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Description: View of Public Avenue leading up to the Susquetanna County Court House and lined with horse-drawn carriages. Caption reads: "Public Avenue, Montrose, PA."
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Drill Grounds and Armory on Government Inspection Day

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Description: Elevated view of military formations on the drill grounds on government inspection day. A band plays for the military drill, and a flag waves on a pole on ...
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Procession at Bryn Mawr

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Description: A man leads a procession with a bull carrying a long cart decorated with flowers. Women process along the sides of the cart and a band marches on the road ...
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Marshall Field's Store

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Description: Slightly elevated view of pedestrians and automobiles passing by the flagship Marshall Field's department store (Marshall Field & Co.), built in 1892 by Da...
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Car and Buggy Races at the Fair

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Description: View from the inner track of a car and buggy race at a local fair. Crowds sit in the covered grandstand and a band sits at the ready on the sidelines. A Fe...

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