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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a newly opened divided four lane highway. |
| Date: | 01 06 1938 |
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| Description: | South Park Street (Hwy 12 & 14 & 18) looking south from the intersection at Midland Street. On the left across the street is Southside Pharmacy at 1123 Sou... |
| Date: | 06 1947 |
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| Description: | A family boarding a route #40 streetcar. A sign on the front of the car advertises midget auto racing at the State Fair grounds; the second urges people to... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S.... |
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| Description: | A toll road sign on the Keshena Menominee Reservation for the Highway 55 toll road that goes through the reservation. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Highway sign along STH 11 near Galesville, one of a whole new vocabulary of signage created for automobile traffic. The inverted triangle w... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Fort Winnebago monument two miles east of Portage on Highway 33, erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1924. The mo... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Church of Christ, Christian Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Science church outside of Boston and the first in America built for this purpose. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Harlow S. Orton house, at 30 East Johnson Street at the intersection of North Pinckney Street. Orton served on the State Supreme Court from 1878 until his ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of new wing under construction. A fence separates the wing from the road. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Ornamental street lighting system in a residential district. Street sign on corner reads "W. Hayes Ave." Newly planted young trees are along the terraces n... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison entrance to Arboretum. Two stone walls flank the road. Two informational signs, including the speed limit, are past the e... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Department of Natural Resources Building, 4610 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 01 1928 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat stopping an automobile at a stop sign on a dirt road as a truck approaches from the opposite direction. |
| Date: | 05 1926 |
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| Description: | An automobile rounds a turn near several traffic signs placed along the edge of a paved state road. |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railr... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Shelly and Mary Louise Grossman, and their children Keith and Julie, load items including teddy bears, suitcases, and boxes into an International Scout tru... |
| Date: | 05 26 1926 |
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| Description: | A sign reading: "Walk on Left" is posted on a power line pole. A man is walking on the left side of a rural road in the background as a truck drives by. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A sign reading: "No Parking on Pavement - State Law" is posted alongside a road, and in the background a man is standing in the line of traffic to inspect ... |
| Date: | 05 1926 |
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| Description: | A sign reading: "Look Curve L." is posted along the side of a paved road. An automobile is on the road in the background. |
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