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Horse-Drawn Vehicles
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View towards vehicles in the street, including hearses, and horses from the Burton House Livery parked along the curb in front of storefronts. Men stand holding the bridles of some of the horses, and on the right in the back one man is posed sitting on a horse.
1903
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Burton House
1885
Burton House, (also referred to as the Ridge House by Edna Ferber in her novel, "Come and Get It") with horse-drawn carriages in the foreground.
Monroe Street
1900
Photographic postcard of a view along left side of Monroe Street, showing horse-drawn vehicles parked along the curb in front of storefronts. Caption reads: "Monroe St., Waterloo, Wis."
Horse-drawn Hearse in the Snow
1910
Martin Keefe, owner of the livery stable, drives a horse-drawn hearse, which has sled runners. The hearse was for the funeral of Mrs. Tom Hill. The buildings in the background are the homes of Nick...
Horse-Drawn Wagon on Silver Street
1908
View from street of man seated on a horse-drawn wagon on Silver Street, which is parked in front of (from left to right) Joseph Rainieri Meat Market, Egan and Reardon Grocery, and Whitman's Drug St...
Livery Stable on First Street
Horse-drawn snowplow in front of the City Livery, and blanketed horses with sleighs and wagons in the street.
Horse-Drawn Hearses in a Funeral Procession
View from across unpaved street of four men with horse-drawn hearses lined up in front of an undertaking building. The other storefronts are a stable on the left, and a hardware store on the right.
