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Somersault of Death

Date: 10 1906
Description: A female daredevil stunt driver, possibly Beryle Elliot, in a horseless carriage catapults up into the air, doing a loop-the-loop or sommersault off a ski ...
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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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Horse Racing at Lima Driving Park

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Description: Elevated view of racing trotters lined up on the track at Lima Driving Park as spectators look on from the grandstand. Automobiles are parked near the judg...
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Train Depot

Date: 1921
Description: View down platform of people waiting outside the train depot. A train is approaching the terminal on one set of tracks, and a number of train cars are on a...
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Main Street From City Hall

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Description: View down Main Street from City Hall featuring horses and wagons, automobiles, and street cars. Stores line either side of the street.
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Public Square

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Description: Shops surround a statue on the street corner in a public square.
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Business District

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Description: Pedestrians pass by stores and small businesses in a central business district.
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Business District

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Description: View of a business district intersection with a man perched in the telephone wires overhead. The Gladstone Hotel, built in 1908, is visible to his right.
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Street Scene

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Description: Street view featuring a horse-drawn carriage and an automobile.
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene featuring a cannon at the corner of a park. A commercial strip is visible in the background.
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Brewery Gulch

Date: 1920
Description: Storefronts line the main streets in Brewery Gulch. Paramount Pictures Theater can be seen in the foreground.
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First Avenue

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Description: View of First Avenue, the main street in town. Stores, restaurants, and lodging houses stand on either side of the street. Snow-covered mountains rise in t...
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Plymouth Harbor and Memorial

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Description: View from Cole's Hill of the Plymouth Rock Monument, a granite canopy built in 1920 to house the Plymouth Rock. The inscription reads, "Erected by the Nat...
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: View down street in the central business district. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the curbs. Businesses line the street on both side...
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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.
Postcard

C. M. and St. Paul Depot

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Description: Hand-colored view across railroad tracks towards a train depot, with passengers gathered on the platform awaiting an arriving train. Horse-drawn wagons and...
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Big Flood in Oconto

Date: 04 10 1922
Description: Two women are walking through floodwaters from the Oconto River. A horse-drawn carriage with its wheels halfway underwater is in the background near the Oc...
Postcard

Outagamie County Fair

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." The grandstand at a fair is full of spectators, with horses, buggies and automobiles parked on the infield in the...
Postcard

Outagamie County Fair

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." Elevated view of fairgoers at the grounds with horses, buggies and automobiles. An exhibit building is on the lef...

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