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Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: A view down Main Street with horses and wagons tied at hitching posts.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Sun Prairie

Date: 1890
Description: Color plat map of Sun Prairie.
Photograph

Bank of Sun Prairie

Date: 10 18 1935
Description: View from street towards a woman walking down the sidewalk in front of the Bank of Sun Prairie building, with Stoehr's variety store. There is a shoe store...
Photograph

Fire Damaged Texaco Station

Date: 01 17 1931
Description: Fire-damaged furnace and pump room in Texaco service station.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Sun Prairie

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Sun Prairie.
Photograph

Aerial View of Downtown Sun Prairie

Date: 10 1928
Description: Aerial view of Sun Prairie, including the central business district, residences, and the surrounding countryside stretching to the horizon.
Photograph

Sun Prairie Street

Date: 1940
Description: View down a street in Sun Prairie, including a home, watertower, and church.
Photograph

Sun Prairie Public Library

Date: 1940
Description: Front exterior view of the Sun Prairie Public Library with a police car parked in front of it.
Postcard

Madison Avenue

Date: 
Description: View down unpaved Madison Avenue, lined with trees on either side. Caption reads: "Madison Ave., Sun Prairie Wis".
Photograph

High School

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of a high school and the parking lot in front of it.
Postcard

High School, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of a high school, with multiple people standing in front of it. Caption reads: "High School, Sun Prairie, Wis."
Photograph

The C.H. Bird Home

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Description: The C.H. Bird home, with a carriage and a group of ladies in front of it. The front seat of the carriage is Miss Ada Bird. Beside the carriage, stands he...
Photograph

Aerial View of Sun Prairie

Date: 01 22 1949
Description: Aerial view of the town and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad bridge.
Photograph

Midget Auto Racing at Angell Park, Sun Prairie

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Harley Moore of Madison sits behind the steering wheel in his Technical Machine Service auto racer. Moore will race his car in the midget auto races held a...
Photograph

Midget Auto Racing at Angell Park

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Clarence Zimbrich of Sun Prairie stands in the middle of a dirt road with his arms raised. He is a feed mill operator and vice-president of the Sun Prairie...
Photograph

Sun Prairie Public Library

Date: 
Description: Exterior view from across road of the Sun Prairie Public Library. Building pictured is Sun Prairie City Hall. Located on the corner of Main Street and Bris...
Photograph

Ernie Terhall House

Date: 08 08 1954
Description: View across street towards the Ernie Terhall house in at 560 Kelly Street. It is a two-story house fronted with Lannon stone and siding. There are two pict...
Photograph

Bedner Transfer & Storage Co. Trucks

Date: 12 28 1956
Description: Line-up of five Ford trucks with Bedner Transfer & Storage Co. printed on the doors. They were sold by Hanley Motor Sales Co.
Photograph

School Buses

Date: 12 28 1956
Description: Line-up of seven Ford (?) school buses and two station wagons parked behind the Hanley Implement Company building at 641 West Main Street in Sun Prairie. H...
Photograph

Sun Prairie City Hall

Date: 1912
Description: View across street of the Sun Prairie City Hall, a large brick building with two balconies in the tower and arched windows on the ground floor. A person dr...

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