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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a newly opened divided four lane highway. |
| Date: | 06 17 1986 |
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| Description: | A group of children on "hot cycles," a form of young children's transportation, are being instructed on the rules of pedestrian and bicycle transportation ... |
| 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: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of covered bridge above the Wisconsin River, 1 mile from Boscobel. |
| 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: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a post office. Caption reads: "Post Office — Walworth, Wisconsin". |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Sunday morning traffic on the corner of Washington and South 8th Streets in Manitowoc. |
| 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: | 1917 |
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| Description: | These two signs located along the route of Wisconsin State Trunk Highway 15 and 16 indicate the presence of a culvert. Beginning in 1917 Wisconsin pioneer... |
| Date: | 02 02 1967 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of a snowstorm that hit Milwaukee just at rush hour creating a traffic headache for homebound commuters (seen here at Wisconsin and Milwaukee ... |
| 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 ... |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of a lumber yard. Sign in lower left corner reads, "Look Out for the Cars." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two men driving an International truck on U.S. Highway 75 between Breckenridge and Moorehead in Minnesota. |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | View of the busy intersection at Regent Steet and West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Intersection at Regent Street and West Washington Avenue. An Octopus Car Wash sign is mounted on top of car in the foreground. |
| Date: | 09 04 1957 |
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| Description: | First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove... |
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