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Holden Street

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Description: View of Holden Street lined with storefronts, pedestrians and automobiles. Business signs read: "Lobran's" "Russell Brothers Quality Clothes Shop" and "A.A...
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Street Scene

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Description: Automobiles, horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians litter the street. Business signs read: "Dana T. Milner General Merchandise" and "The Bank of Bowie."
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IH Jacksonville Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the International Harvester Company Jacksonville branch building as seen from across an intersection. Automobiles are parked beside the bu...
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Rainy Day Traffic

Date: 1941
Description: Automobile traffic, with a street railroad car in the background, on a rainy day.
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Walking in the Rain

Date: 1957
Description: A woman in business attire walking with an open umbrella on a rainy day in downtown Milwaukee. To her left is the Civil War monument, "The Victorious Charg...
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Large City Bridge

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Description: View uphill toward an automobile and a horse-drawn carriage driving down a city bridge while men and women are walking along the sidewalk on the right. Bui...
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Tello's Grille and Cafe — Exterior

Date: 07 24 2009
Description: "Tello's Grille and Cafe, 200 West Grand Avenue, Port Washington."
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"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: View from street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square. There is a large crowd on the sidewalk outside the theater. The marquee says the premiere of the fi...
Postcard

Lake Hayward Motel

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Description: Exterior view of the Lake Hayward Motel. One story L-shaped white building. There is a gravel parking lot, and patio furniture with an umbrella is on the l...
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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: A solitary woman is carrying an umbrella while crossing the street at the intersection of South Carroll and Main Streets. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in...
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Spring Flowers

Date: 03 26 1959
Description: View from inside looking through show window towards two young girls holding umbrellas who are standing outdoors on the sidewalk on the Capitol Square. The...
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Flooded Park Street Viaduct

Date: 05 19 1933
Description: Flooded Park Street viaduct, with a railroad train on tracks above the viaduct. There is a car in the water under the viaduct, and a man is standing on the...
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Card Players, North of the George Washington Bridge

Date: 1968
Description: Small groups of men in suits sit around tables in folding chairs playing cards in a sunny parking lot. A bridge stretches into the distance above the card...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 436-443

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Description: You don't have to pay if you can prove that the fun you had was clean
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Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1922
Description: The Hustler Harvest Festival featured the giveaway of a 1922 Packard touring automobile donated by Morg Rider, a dealer for Studebaker, Reo, Nash, Chevrole...
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Long Voyage Home Marquee

Date: 1940
Description: View down sidewalk towards people standing in a line outside a movie theater showing the film The Long Voyage Home. Many people are holding umbrella...
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Crawford County Historical Pageant

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Crawford County Historical pageant participants depict various early citizens. Back row: Russell Kieser, card sharper; Ray Burgess, Irishman; Lawrence Geis...
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The Loraine Hotel

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Description: Men and women stand on the sidewalk in front of the Loraine Hotel near a parked automobile. One of the men holds a pennant reading, "Ocean City Teachers We...
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The Main Entrance — Devi-Bara Resort

Date: 1931
Description: View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t...
Postcard

Victory Arch

Date: 1918
Description: Crowds of people are standing on either side of a street, with a model of an arch spanning the street. On top of the arch is a statue of Victory. American ...

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