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| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Thomas B. Jeffery's first Rambler automobile during a test for strength in Kenosha, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Automobile alleged to be the first coupe built in Wisconsin. The vehicle was built by Gus Wilkie of Sheboygan from the body of a carriage and the chassis f... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A.G. Zimmerman parked on an artfully rustic, wooden bridge in his automobile, a "locomobile steamer," on Mendota Drive. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | View of a rustic bridge over a ravine on Lake Mendota Drive in Shorewood Hills. Judge A.G Zimmerman is posing in his first automobile, also one of Madison'... |
| Date: | 04 1906 |
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| Description: | View of West Park Drive. Wooden railings line the road and a wooden walkway is on the right. A man wearing a cap is driving an automobile across the drive.... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover for the International auto buggy. Features a black and white insert of a group riding in an auto buggy driving up to a house. Printed by the ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover for the International auto buggy featuring a color illustration of a woman driving one of the vehicles. The IH product name is another exampl... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view of the business district. Signs read: "Ford authorized sales and service" and "Kodaks." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Zimmerman in their locomobile steamer in 1902. Zimmerman purchased the car in 1901 and claimed it was the first permanent automobil... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | South Entrance; in the background is a lighthouse. In the center is a bridge flanked by carved stone lions. A man on a motor car is crossing the bridge. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | South entrance; an open car with two people is crossing the bridge. Stone lions flank the bridge on each corner. A lighthouse is in the background. Caption... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Busy street with automobiles, pedestrians and a horse-drawn cart. Streetcar tracks are in the center of the street. Business signs read: "W.A. Gill Co.," "... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "County Road, Near Sparta, Wis." Elevated view of a group of people standing on an unpaved county road that runs through a cut in a hi... |
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