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Waukesha's Primitive Airfield

Date: 1924
Description: A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s...
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Saturn C-1

Date: 1961
Description: A Saturn C-1 booster rocket (later renamed Saturn 1) during a static firing at the Marshall Space Flight Center. This test was an early stage in the develo...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

Date: 1896
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway's locomotive # 96 at the Waukesha depot.
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Lumber Railroad Crew

Date: 1903
Description: A work crew of the Upham Lumber and Manufacturing Company near Athens, Wisconsin. The men are riding on a flatbed car of the Abbottsford and Northeastern R...
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Wisconsin Central Train

Date: 1882
Description: Group of men posing in front of the Wisconsin Central Railroad train at a depot. Railroad historian Roy L. Martin, from whose collection this image come...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot. Virtually the entire population of Sherry is thought to be standing on the pl...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad passenger depot at Stuntz Avenue. A group of people stand on the platform and near the locomotive between t...
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International Model S-24 Truck

Date: 1927
Description: International S-24 truck with special body parked on a snowy street. The truck was owned by the New York Central Lines Dining Service Department.
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Covered Bridge in Boscobel

Date: 1930
Description: View of covered bridge, built in 1890, over the Wisconsin River with surrounding landscape.
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Indian Graveyard

Date: 1910
Description: The Indian Graveyard at the Catholic Cemetery.
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Mogul Tractor and Binder

Date: 07 30 1917
Description: View across field towards a man sitting on a grain binder pulled by a Mogul tractor.
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Great Britain Office of International Harvester

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's General Office for Great Britain. The building included a showroom, service station, and parts and machine warehouse....
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BridgeoOver Little Lake Buttes des Morts

Date: 09 24 1975
Description: View from bank of length of bridge passing over Little Lake Buttes des Morts.
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Northwest View of Bridge from Icy Shoreline

Date: 12 12 1975
Description: Northwest view from 9th Street of the bridge over Little Lake Buttes des Morts.
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Bridge Construction on Little Lake Buttes des Morts

Date: 12 03 1974
Description: View from the east shoreline of construction of the bridge over Little Lake Buttes des Morts. There is a pier and what appears to be a barge in the foregro...
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Bridge over Railroad Tracks

Date: 12 12 1975
Description: The bridge over Little Lake Buttes des Morts, showing the section of the bridge over railroad tracks.
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Construction of Bridge over Little Lake Buttes des Morts

Date: 08 10 1973
Description: View across water of early construction of the bridge over Little Lake Buttes des Morts.
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International Trucks with Flags

Date: 1915
Description: Large group of men and children posing in International trucks parked in a row on the side of a road. An American flag is held by one of the men in every t...
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Horlick's Stone Quarry

Date: 1888
Description: Men working in Horlick's stone quarry. Teams of horses pull wagons. There is a steam pump at right. A man in a hat and coat, possibly William Horlick, stan...
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Czechoslovak Relief Committee

Date: 1941
Description: A group of men from the Chicago Czechoslovak Relief Committee are standing against an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for...

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