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| Date: | 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Three well-dressed women are walking past a peony farm. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A small backyard garden is in the foreground near what appears to be a house. Men are working next to two trucks and a crane in the background. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A crane and a truck in a clearing between a road lined with telephone poles and a row of houses. On the right near the truck a man is working. The license ... |
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| Description: | A man wearing a tie stands next to an industrial trailer used for clearing of land. The side of the trailer reads "BROS" and there are other vehicles in th... |
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| Description: | A man in a hat and overalls leans over a trench or ditch digger, looking down into the excavated area. Pipes, an automobile, and a building are in the back... |
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| Description: | View across snow-covered lawn or field of a school building with a smokestack. Automobiles are parked nearby. |
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| Description: | A man wearing a suit and a hat stands on a mound of dirt in a road with an automobile on his left and a steam shovel on his right. The steam shovel has a s... |
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| Description: | Intersection of two gravel roads. Telephone poles, some with posters stapled to them, line the sides of the road, and residential housing and fields are vi... |
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| Description: | View looking down two-lane road to the horizon. Telephone poles, power lines, and trees are on either side, with fields behind. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Description: | A residential footpath along a rural street. It crosses a small stream with a bridge. Homes are visible in the background and telephone poles run alongside... |
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| Description: | A painted wooden sign on the side of a tree-lined road that reads "Village of Greendale / Pop. 2615." |
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| Description: | A neighborhood street sign at the intersection of Northwood and Azalea Court. Azalea Court is identified as "No thru street." A house with a well-kept yard... |
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| Description: | Rainwater running through a ditch along the side of a paved road. This picture was likely taken as a study of the drainage problems in Greendale. |
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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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| Description: | Rainwater pooling on the curb and in the driveway of a residence. A garage and well-groomed yard is also visible. A tricycle and coaster wagon are on a wal... |
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| Description: | Two men are near a creek, swollen with rainwater, running through Center Park. A footbridge crosses the creek which has large stones along its banks. Trees... |
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| Description: | The Root River, swollen with rainwater and/or snow melt, runs under a bridge on which a man is walking. Recently built houses are visible in the misty back... |
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