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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Commercial building with road (Broad Street) in foreground. Cars are parked in the lot, with Village Hall and residences in the background. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Assembly line packing by the Supreme Model Supply Co., a model airplane company started by Waukesha teenagers in 1940. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Elvated view of war hero Richard Ira Bong (center, in flight jacket) on leave in Poplar, with friends, relatives, and admirers. The group is walking down a... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The stone monument for the Potawatomi Indians. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Public Library in Lake Mills. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Freitag barn with horse and cow weathervanes, about 1.5 miles north of Monticello. There is a windmill above the trees on the right. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Cabin built by Jacob Rieder, an early Swiss settler of New Glarus. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Judge Joseph R. McCarthy sitting at the bench at the Outagamie Courthouse. This photograph was featured in McCarthy's U.S. Senate campaign literature in 19... |
| Date: | 09 20 1945 |
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| Description: | A tugboat in the river is covered in snow and ice. Two men are at the front of the ship on the right wearing hats and heavy coats. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across water towards six women, three in each of two canoes, are smiling as they paddle near a shoreline in the background. There are buoys farther ou... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man and woman are paddling their canoe against the current in the fast running Flambeau River. A small stand of leafless trees and blackene... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Reverend Melvina Krauss (in front wearing a dark dress) posing with three other women. They are probably members of the Western Wisconsin Camp Association.... |
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