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Model T's at a Wisconsin fair

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Description: Men and women sit inside a row of four Ford Model T's in the parking lot at a fair in Wisconsin. Many of the men wear straw boater hats. Carnival rides, in...
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Mexican-American Family

Date: 1975
Description: Two women and five children are standing and talking in a dirt road near a parked farm truck. One of the children, mostly obscured by a woman, is on a bicy...
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Taking a Break

Date: 1937
Description: Men and one woman gathered around machinery in a cutover area of northern Wisconsin preparing to undertake an unknown task.
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Four Women and Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Pictured here are four of the women who joined the work force at the Four Wheel Drive Company in Clintonville in order to build trucks for the American and...
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Old Truck

Date: 1964
Description: Man and woman in costume (he is in the driver's seat and she is standing) beside an "antique" truck. On the side is a sign (not visible) that reads "Miami ...
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Women Dump Truck Drivers

Date: 1916
Description: Women drivers of light dump trucks for the highway department in Ashland County during the first World War. The truck in the foreground has a service flag ...
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Group of Women with ERA-YES Vehicle

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Description: A group of women are standing together in front of a camper-van? Signs on the side and back of the vehicle read: "ERA," "ERA-YES!" and "Kenosha, Wis. N.O.W...
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Coat Trade-In for Charities

Date: 12 23 1964
Description: Mendota State Hospital and Catholic Charities benefited from a trade-in sale at Carmen's Coat Store. Carmen's gave area women a discount on new coats, rang...
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Selling Cherries

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Description: Two boys standing behind a wagon or truck bed loaded with buckets full of cherries. A woman wearing a hat is standing by a building in the background.
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Sound Storm Rock Festival

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Group of men and women sitting on the ground and working on equipment at the "Sound Storm" rock festival. Trucks and automobiles are parked in the backgrou...
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Packing Cherries

Date: 07 23 1924
Description: A group of men and women pack cherries on a workbench made of planks and sawhorses. Wooden fruit crates are stacked in a truck and on the ground. There are...
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Two Women in Cab of International Model G Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Two women sitting in the cab of an International model "G" truck parked next to a curb. The bed of the truck holds baskets, and a shovel. Written on the si...
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"Madison Girls" on International Harvester Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Four women are sitting on an International Harvester manure spreader. The women are identified as "Madison Girls," most likely employees at International H...
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Fourth of July ESBMA Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: "Comely young women" ride the float of the Four Lakes Yachting Club in the 1952 Fourth of July parade on Capitol Square for the East Side Businessmen's Ass...
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Packing Cherries

Date: 07 23 1924
Description: A group of men and women pack cherries on a bench made of planks and sawhorses. Fruit crates are stacked on the ground and in the back of a nearby truck. O...
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Schmitt Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Ron and Sandy Schmitt stand in the doorway of their barn.
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Main Street

Date: 01 1979
Description: "Theresa Main Street in midwinter."
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Harvey's Union Corners Service Station

Date: 04 08 1954
Description: Service call by Harvey's Standard Service Station to a woman with a flat tire, stranded in a neighborhood. Harvey's service truck has pulled up alongside t...
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Children at Junior Red Cross Picnic

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Children in line at the canteen at the Junior Red Cross picnic.
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Crow Guitarist and Drummer Practice in Back of Truck

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Guitarist Dick Wiegand and drummer Denny Craswell of Minneapolis rock band Crow, along with an unidentified woman, practice in the back of a moving truck b...

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