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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Streetcar and crew of the Madison City Railways Company. The streetcar number is #50 and the route sign says Wingra Park. |
| Date: | 08 23 1933 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of six customers celebrating Bootleg Days at Arthur Janik's tavern "The Balcony Inn" at Lincoln and 33rd Streets. Arthur Janik was the propri... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company annual catalog cover featuring an illustration of a woman carrying a sheaf of wheat. Below the text reads: "Harvesting... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels. |
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| Description: | Winter view of exterior of Lappley Bros. Lumberyard and Feed Mill. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Ford truck of Madison plumber W.J. Hyland parked outdoors. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The front of the Eilert Farm Equipment Company, an International Harvester dealership. The image was on the cover of a brochure titled the "McCormick-Deeri... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Interior view from the southeast corner of Eilert's Farm Equipment company showing a floor display of farm machinery. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the shop in Eilert Farm Equipment Company, showing the drill press and the big vise, in the center. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The parts department of Eilert's Farm Equipment, showing bins and racks. Eilert's was an International Harvester dealership. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Fauerbach's Brewery at 651-53 Williamson Street. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View looking up the 200 block of State Street from West Johnson Street, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction. The bank on the left i... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F... |
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| Description: | A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison. |
| Date: | 12 1856 |
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| Description: | Handbill and order form advertising reaper and mower manufactured by Cyrus Hall McCormick. This describes the gold medal awarded at the "Great French Exhib... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Members of the Frautschi family pose at the Christian Frautschi Furniture Store. From left to right are Alice, Irving, Christian and Arthur Frautschi. |
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