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Village Hall from Broad Street

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Description: Village Hall in the distance, as seen down Broad Street. There is an automobile parked on the left and on the right, a sign reads "Caution Speed 20 Mile Pe...
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Cars on Gravel Road

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Description: Two cars driving on a gravel road lined with telephone poles or power lines. On the right beyond a stop sign, cars are parked behind a fence. More cars are...
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Gravel Road with Farmhouses

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Description: A car is parked on a gravel road that stretches to the horizon. Farmhouses, barns, and fields are on both sides of the road. Telephone poles, trees, and a ...
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Dump Truck Pouring Gravel onto Road

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Description: A dump truck full of loose gravel is emptying its load onto a street. A leveler is following behind to redistribute the gravel evenly across the road. Ther...
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Flatbed Truck in Driveway

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Description: A flatbed truck is parked in the driveway of a recently constructed house while another automobile is parked in the road outside the house. Other recently ...
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Henry Wallace Talking with Two Men

Date: 06 17 1939
Description: Henry Wallace, between two men, talking outdoors near an automobile. Henry Wallace, then the United States Secretary of Agriculture, visited and toured Gre...
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Three Men Wearing Ties

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Three men standing next to each other wearing ties on a raised platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. They each have a ribbon on their ties that says: "Comm...
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Crowds Gathered at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Elevated view from the announcer's booth of crowd of people at a Civilian Defense Rally. The ice cream stand and the "country store" are visible in the bac...
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Booths at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Elevated view of people crowding around booths at a Civilian Defense Rally, "Poker Dart, Holy Name Society," "Meat mart, American Legion," "[obscured]Jap! ...
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Young Girl on Announcers Platform

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A young girl stands behind a microphone on the announcers platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. In the background are a road and commercial buildings.
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James F. Ircink Wearing a "Committee" Badge

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man wearing a baseball cap holds a folder and a box labeled "Committee." He is also wearing a badge labeled "Committee" on his shirt pocket. In the far b...
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Construction Workers Walking through Neighborhood

Date: 1937
Description: Large group of construction workers walking through neighborhood of houses that are in the middle of being constructed.
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Men Leveling Ground for Construction

Date: 1937
Description: Men work to level the ground for foundations to be poured for homes. Exposed brick walls of partially constructed homes are on the left and right, and a di...
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Don't Buy Scab Meat

Date: 11 1955
Description: United Packinghouse Workers of America picketers protest the hiring of temporary scab labor by the Colonial Provisions Company. Although no location or dat...
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International 4200 Truck at Truck Stop

Date: 1972
Description: Color photograph of a man filling an International Transtar 4200 truck with gasoline at a truck stop. The signs on the trailer of the truck read: "King Soo...
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Peter Smith, Joan Holm Wedding

Date: 06 20 1953
Description: Newlyweds Joan Marie Holm and Peter Byrd Smith in a car following the wedding service at First Baptist church.
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Madison's Boys Baseball Program

Date: 06 15 1953
Description: "Johnny" Zeier, manager and coach of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Madison's Boys Baseball program. Zeier was a Softball Hall of Fame pitcher.
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Badger Kennel Dog Show

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: A contestant in the Badger Kennel Dog Show is a midget bulldog held by owner Barbara Allen, age 7, of Sterling, Illinois.
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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Learning to Drive

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Low angle view of student driver Carol Hansen seated at the steering wheel next to driving instructor and West High School physical education teacher, Will...

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