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Business Section

Date: 1928
Description: View across commercial street looking south. Parked at the curb are cars, and driving along the street is a bearded man with a horse and buggy. The shops a...
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a busy scene at the train depot. A train is arriving at the crowded platform. On the side of the depot a man sits on a cart, n...
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Depot

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Cuba City train depot and post office.
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Fremont Railroad Station

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Description: Men at a railroad station awaiting the arrival of a train in Fremont (later Pray). There is snow on the ground. Two men are standing on a hand-powered rail...
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Postal Carrier and Route Truck

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American postal carrier is standing on the sidewalk with mail in a rolling cart. He is wearing a winter postal employee uniform and a hat. Behin...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down Main Street. On the right is a general store, and Livery/Hardware building with horse-drawn carts parked in the street in front. A group of men a...
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Christmas Mail

Date: 12 17 1958
Description: Postal workers deal with a shipment of Christmas mail that was "arriving by the roomful and the ton." Workers are, left to right: William Borjinkhof, John...
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East Side Postal Station to Open

Date: 04 28 1961
Description: Madison postal officials looking over mail ready for processing through the new East Side postal station. Left to right: John F. Whitmore, postmaster; Arv...
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Adderley Street in Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the post office on Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa. There are automobiles, horse-drawn carts, wagons, and streetcars on the wid...
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Mailman John L. Smith

Date: 07 29 1965
Description: John L. Smith standing on a Madison sidewalk with letters in his hand and his mail cart beside him. He is featured in a newspaper article about his busy li...
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Postal Loading Dock Inside Tent

Date: 12 07 1965
Description: Two postal workers arranging mail carts full of "yule mail" inside of a large canvas tent. The men working are George DeVoe, left, a superintendent enginee...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal worker, Ray Kindschi, is pushing a load of packages on a cart at the Williamson Street warehouse for the United States Post Office. He is usually a ...
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The Mail Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: Our naval infantry in Antwerp. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
Postcard

A Busy Day in Rio

Date: 08 18 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A Busy Day in Rio." Slightly elevated view of an unpaved main street with cement sidewalks and crosswalks. There are buildings and s...
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City Hall

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "City Hall, Ripon, Wis." View across public square towards a brick building with ornate exterior decorations and a bell tower with a b...

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