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Milwaukee County Airport

Date: 1928
Description: A Hamilton Metalplane, which was manufactured by the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Co. of Milwaukee, at the Milwaukee County Airport.
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Flying Santa

Date: 11 20 1966
Description: As a crowd of onlookers watch, Santa Claus alights from his special holiday helicopter with the help of an aide at Southgate Shopping Center.
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Streetcar Conductors

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Description: Streetcar conductors pose next to street car #109 on the Oshkosh/Omro line, with the H.C. Roenitz wholesale shoe and rubber company warehouse in the backgr...
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Verona for McGovern

Date: 10 1972
Description: The Verona, Wisconsin, headquarters for the George McGovern/Sargent Shriver presidential campaign gets a new sign.
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Presidential Campaign Airplane

Date: 1964
Description: The seats designated for Senator and Mrs. Goldwater on an airplane, during the 1964 presidential campaign. He and running mate, William Miller went on to ...
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Northwest Airlines Airplane

Date: 1948
Description: A Northwest Airlines passenger plane sits on the tarmac.
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Spirit of 3.2%

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Description: Two men stand next to a small airplane emblazoned with "Spirit of 3.2%" and "The Nation's Pioneer Goodwill Beer Ship" on the side. They are in front of a ...
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Burlington Route

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Description: A sleek passenger train passes through the countryside.
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Ringling Brothers Circus Wagons

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Description: Elevated view of Ringling Brothers circus wagons, horses, and tents, with the Chicago skyline in the background.
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Circus Wagon

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Description: A Cole Brothers Circus wagon sits on a flatbed truck, near a railroad yard, awaiting transport by the Shea-Matson Machinery Mover & Millwrights company.
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Ringling Circus Wagon and Clowns

Date: 1910
Description: A Ringling Circus wagon, pulled by a horse, with clowns riding on top, is part of a parade along a city street.
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The Detroit Edison Under Construction

Date: 1954
Description: Self-unloader, the Detroit Edison, Hull 418, is under construction and surrounded by scaffolding at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation.
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The Cushnoc in Drydock

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Description: The ship, "Cushnoc" is surrounded by scaffolding as men conduct maintenance on her hull.
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Automobile Body Assembly

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Description: Auto workers attach fenders to a new car in the factory.
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Fire Company Wagon

Date: 1868
Description: The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4...
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Tandem Zebra Team

Date: 1909
Description: Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat...
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Odanah Railroad Bridge

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Description: A Northwestern Railroad train pulled by locomotive #967 across a bridge with steel supports.
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Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 10 1939
Description: Railroad crossing, also showing the main street and the train depot.
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Mail Train

Date: 04 14 1948
Description: View across railroad tracks of cart loads of mail sacks on the platform, awaiting the arrival of the next train. The four men standing on the left have bee...
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Green Bay & Western Railroad Roundhouse

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Green Bay & Western Railroad roundhouse.

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