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Woodchopping Contest

Date: 1936
Description: A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest.
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Canal Street Rebuilt in Bloomington

Date: 1956
Description: View across Canal Street with the businesses that were built after the fire. Ford stepside truck is parked along the curb on the left. Businesses with thre...
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Canal and Congress Streets

Date: 1956
Description: Canal and Congress streets, with Sprague's Building on the right.
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Ace Excavators

Date: 1969
Description: Color photograph of an Ace Carting Company truck with "Ace Excavators" on the front. The truck is on the site of the construction of the World Trade Center...
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Ansel Adams and His International Travelall

Date: 1968
Description: Photographer Ansel Adams loading his International Travelall station wagon at his home.
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Ansel Adams and his International Travelall

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams at his home in Carmel walks toward his International Travelall with camera platform mounted on top.
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Ansel Adams behind the Wheel

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams behind the wheel of his International Travelall.
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Ansel Adams with Hasselblad at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams with a Hasselblad camera mounted on a tripod prepares to make a photograph at Point Lobos. His International Travelall is in the background.
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Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams takes a light reading with a hand-held light meter in front of his tripod mounted Hasselbald. His International Travelall is in the background.
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Ansel Adams Driving International Travelall

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams pauses on a curve while driving his International Travelall with camera shooting platform.
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Ansel Adams on Camera Platform

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of Ansel Adams making a photograph from the platform mounted atop his International Travelall. He is using an 8 x 10 field camera and an assi...
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Ansel Adams Atop Truck Platform

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams atop a camera platform on his International Travelall inserts an 8 x 10 film holder into his camera.
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Ansel Adams

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams inserts the film holder into his 8 x 10 camera. He is photographing from a platform mounted on the top of his International Travelall truck.
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Cement Mixer on Interstate Highway

Date: 1985
Description: A Ford Truck cement mixer delivers concrete for a pour during construction on one of the Wisconsin Interstate Highways.
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Interstate Rest Area

Date: 08 31 1970
Description: Rest area on Interstate Highway I-90.
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Elkhart Lake Racetrack

Date: 1987
Description: Race course and grandstand at Road America in Elkhart Lake, where racing began in 1955. Prior to that, Elkhart Lake was host to automobile racing on the vi...
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Highway Traffic and Overpass

Date: 1985
Description: Trucks of the Central Wisconsin Transport Company of Wisconsin Rapids cross on the highway.
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Directing Traffic

Date: 1939
Description: A Chicago police officer holds up his hand to signal pedestrians that they should not enter the crosswalk.
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Milwaukee Farmers Market

Date: 1941
Description: Milwaukee Farmer's Market during the late 1930s. A customer carries produce purchased at the market.
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Carnival Scene at the Fair

Date: 1936
Description: Midway area of the Wisconsin State Fair, showing a truck advertising peanuts at 5 cents in the center background.

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