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Olsen and Johnson Posing with Streetcar

Date: 04 15 1932
Description: Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "...
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Panoramic View of East Side of Monona Avenue

Date: 03 27 1931
Description: Panoramic elevated view of the east side of Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,) showing Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction e...
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Electric Street Railway

Date: 1886
Description: The first electric street railway in Wisconsin.
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Horse-Drawn Streetcar

Date: 1917
Description: Mrs. Howie standing beside a horse-drawn streetcar of the Covington Line. The car is manned by a conductor.
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Women Pedestrians

Date: 1911
Description: Three women in large hats walking away from two streetcars on a windy day. Other men and women are standing in the background. One of the streetcars has a ...
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Street Car

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Description: Men and a boy pose near a man driving a mule-drawn street car. Caption reads: "Street Car. Matamoros, Mex."
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Early Electric Power Street Car

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Description: A group of men pose near an electric power street car first used in 1832. A mule is hitched to the streetcar. Caption reads: "Electric Power Street Car, Me...
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Rapid Transit Car

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men and a boy pose near the rapid transit car labeled, "Aileen" and "Hotel." Caption reads: "Rapid Transit Car, Washington, GA."
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Two Horses Pulling a Trolley Car

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Description: A trolley pulled by two horses through downtown Covington, Georgia, with the Newton County Court House in the background.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Men at Encampment

Date: 1914
Description: Outdoor view of Union veterans standing near a war memorial in a square downtown.
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Electric Tram

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Description: View of an open electric tram car with driver and passengers.
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Southwest Missouri Electric Railroad Company Station

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Description: View of the exterior of a station owned by the Southwest Missouri Electric Railroad Company, organized in 1893.
Print

Milwaukee Electric Ry. & Lt. Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, with a three-quarter view of a man driving an electric cable car marked "State St." under a...
Photograph

Bridge and Car Track on the Ice to Solombola

Date: 1918
Description: Tramway and railroad leading into Solombola, Russia. In the foreground are a group of people, some sawing wood and others standing by the railroad.
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Marching Down City Street

Date: 1918
Description: DESCRIPTION QUESTION: A group of American soldiers are marching down a street in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. Next to the flag barrier is a African Ame...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 656-665

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Description: Let us be wrong in all our judgments

At that fine point We cannot quite believe
the steps between the superstitions
The feathers, the little e...
Photograph

Streetcar Home

Date: 12 12 1937
Description: Old streetcar stabilized, adapted and furnished as living quarters, and its occupant.
Postcard

Michigan Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Color postcard depicting residents, automobiles and streetcars. Caption reads: "Lapeer St. & Genesee Ave. Saginaw, Mich."
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Calendar — August & September

Date: 1893
Description: 1893 calendar, with the months of August & September. Features an illustration of a woman holding a light. Around her are books, telescope, and other objec...
Photograph

People Watching Band in Parade on Mifflin Street

Date: 1918
Description: View from sidewalk on the Capitol Square of band in a parade moving down Mifflin Street near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. There is a sign for Collyer Ph...

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