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Boston Store

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: Elevated view of the Boston Store department building at W. Wisconsin Avenue and N. 4th Street.
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Out-Freight House No. 7

Date: 1915
Description: Horse-drawn and motor freight vehicles at the Out-Freight House No. 7 of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
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Street Scene near Wisconsin National Bank

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Description: Street and sidewalk outside of the Wisconsin National Bank. Men, women, and children are walking on sidewalks, and crossing in front of streetcars. Horse-d...
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Breaking the Blockade

Date: 05 05 1949
Description: Several days before the Berlin Blockade was to be lifted, Russian authorities permitted this West Berlin couple to purchase potatoes in the eastern sector....
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Chautauqua Week

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Description: Elevated view of a parade on a main city street during Chautauqua Week. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Week, Somerset, PA."
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Business District

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of East Broadway, a wide road in the business district. The street has tall stone and brick buildings as well as broad sidewalks. Many horse...
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State Mills Lake

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Description: Elevated view of the old mill at State Mills Lake. A man, an automobile, and a horse and carriage are on the road in front of the mill.
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Bandstand in the Park

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Description: Pedestrians walk through a park past a bandstand and trees. The Park Building can be seen behind them, built in 1914. To its right stands Lee Savings Bank.
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Country Road

Date: 1940
Description: View down a country road leading from the outskirts of town. On the right, a horse-drawn carriage is parked outside the Post Office and F.A. Irish Grocerie...
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Street Scene

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Description: Men walk down a dirt road near horse-drawn carriages and the Hayden Drug Company.
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Street View

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Description: View down a dirt road featuring a repair shop and other shop buildings. Men travel past the buildings by horse and carriage and by automobile.
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Cart and Automobile

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Description: View of an man standing with an ox-drawn cart near a man sitting in an automobile.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 719-726

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Description: That cottage all with melting roses —

It was such fun to think ahead of it,
to condition all that air with smokesuds
and pick the mud out of o...
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Family Driving

Date: 1903
Description: George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car.

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