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Robert Novy's Opera House and Dance Hall

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Robert Novy's Opera House and Dance Hall, site of a recording session by Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Shindig at the Teenbeat Club

Date: 1968
Description: Color advertising photograph of teenagers and members of a rock and roll band gathered in and around an International Scout pickup at the Teenbeat Club own...
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Cameo Girls Cleaning Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Four "Cameo Girls," saleswomen for the Cameo Retail Division of Bestline Incorporated, using brooms to sweep snow from a pink-colored International Transta...
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Circus Parade

Date: 1963
Description: An International truck marked "A Day in Old Milwaukee. July 4th Schlitz Circus Parade" leads a fleet of circus vehicles through a downtown area. The 25-pie...
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"Pawnee Bill" Circus Wagon

Date: 1963
Description: The "Pawnee Bill" circus wagon passes Notbohms furniture store and funeral home along a commercial street as a child looks on from the foreground. Multiple...
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Downtown Circus Parade

Date: 1963
Description: An International CO-192 truck leads a 25-piece circus parade through downtown streets. The parade originated at Circus World Museum in Baraboo. Additional ...
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Children Watching Circus Parade

Date: 1963
Description: A woman and three children are watching from the sidewalk as a parade of circus wagons carried on the beds of International trucks proceeds down a commerci...
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Wisconsin Pavilion Under Construction

Date: 1964
Description: View of the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair under construction. The steel frame of the building is visible behind a sign for Thatcher Construct...
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Parade at Midwest Shrine Convention

Date: 09 07 1956
Description: A Southern Wisconsin Shrine Club fire engine float at the Midwest Shrine parade is moving along the first block of West Main Street. The Wisconsin-Felton S...
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Scout at Teen Beat Club

Date: 1967
Description: Group of people gathered in and around an International Scout pickup parked outside of the Teen Beat Club.
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Man Driving Red Scout with White Topper

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Description: Man driving red Scout with white topper. On the lower side panel near the back is painted, "SR-2." In the background is what may be a water tower, with the...
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Man Driving Yellow Scout Pickup at Kitt Peak National Observatory

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Description: Person driving a yellow Scout pickup. "Kitt Peak National Observatory" is painted on the passenger door. In the background is the observatory building.
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The "Family of Man" Exhibit

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Guests at the evening opening party for the "Family of Man" photographic exhibition, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The exhibition was organ...
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The "Family of Man" Exhibit

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Guests at the evening opening party for the "Family of Man" photographic exhibition, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The exhibition was organ...
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Man Standing on Sidewalk

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Description: View of a man standing on the sidewalk near State and Gorham streets holding a cigarette in his hand. Behind him is an intersection with traffic and cars p...
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Man and Woman Posing on Sidewalk

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Description: A man and a woman standing and posing together on a sidewalk near State and Gorham Streets. (Oscar Mayer's Coolerator store was located at 401-05 State Str...
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State Street

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Description: View from under the Badger Liquor awning over a storefront of a woman crossing an intersection at State Street. Across the street on the right are storefro...
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Badger Liquor Shop

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Description: Elevated view across the street of the Badger Liquor Shop at the intersection of State and Gorham Streets. People are standing and sitting along the curb i...
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Steam Locomotive

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Description: View alongside railroad tracks looking towards an approaching steam locomotive. In the background on the right is a power plant with smokestacks.
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TD-20C Crawler Dozer and H-90E Pay Loader

Date: 1971
Description: A man is driving a TD-20C Crawler Dozer on the left, and in the background another man is driving an H-90E Pay Loader. They are moving earth near the side ...

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