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Houses and Water Tower

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view over trees of village. In the background is a water tower on a hill with trees.
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Crowd at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd gathered at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths are in the background, including a game booth where you can "Deflate The Axis,...
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Hillside Playhouse Entry

Date: 1946
Description: Exterior view from driveway of the entry to the Hillside Playhouse, with a large tree obscuring part of the building in the background.
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McCormick 634 H-W-D Tractor

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Description: Color photograph of a man plowing a field in Great Britain with a McCormick 634 H-W-D tractor.
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

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Description: View of the Wisconsin Central Railroad crossing a railroad bridge at Knowlton.
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Man Mowing Park Grass with International Cub Tractor

Date: 07 16 1975
Description: Color photograph of a man mowing grass in a park with an International Cub tractor and attached mower.
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Old Mission Congregational Church

Date: 1940
Description: The Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the oldest Protestant...
Poster

First House in Waukesha

Date: 1910
Description: The first house in Waukesha County, built in 1836.
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Dead Deer on the Highway

Date: 1968
Description: A Wisconsin game warden removes a dead deer in the snow that had been struck by a vehicle from a rural Vernon County highway next to a deer crossing sign.
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International TD-20 Crawler Tractor with Drott Shovel

Date: 1960
Description: Color photograph of an International TD-20 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with attached Drott shovel loader.
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Imperial Hotel Exterior

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, including a portion of the entry courtyard. The hotel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Unitarian Meeting House Parsonage

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Description: Exterior view of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Unitarian Meeting House showing the parsonage on University Bay Drive beside the church.
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Timothy Tierney House

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Description: View of the Timothy Tierney house, later called the Century House at 3029 University Avenue.
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E.B. Fred Hall

Date: 1954
Description: View across road of E.B. Fred Hall, the first home of the bacteriology department, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building is set behin...
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Law Building

Date: 1950
Description: Side view of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The first wing, which was built onto the old building.
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Erdman Prefab I

Date: 1956
Description: Rear view of the Eugene & Mary Van Tamelen House, 5817 Anchorage Avenue, an example of Erdman #1, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed prefabricated home marketed...
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Evening Grosbeaks

Date: 02 13 1970
Description: Evening grosbeaks at a feeder seen through a window.
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Golden Rondelle and Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1968
Description: View of the Golden Rondelle with the Johnson Wax Research Tower in the background taken from the northeast corner of Franklin and 14th Streets.There is a p...
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Fighting Dutch Elm Disease

Date: 1974
Description: Two men applying systemic fungicide to an American Elm on a residential street through a gravity-feed.
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Removing Elm Trees

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Description: Two men stand near a piece of machinery used to cut trees. An American Elm removed to prevent the spread of Dutch Elm Disease is laying in the foreground.

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