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Montgomery M. Cothren Residence

Date: 1932
Description: The home of Montgomery M. Cothren, erected in 1855. Cothren served as a delegate to the Territorial Legislature in 1847-1848 and was later elected to the S...
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Prescott House

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of the Prescott House, an inn built in 1856 that served the nearby farmers until about 1870.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1932
Description: Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago.
Map or Atlas

Official Highway Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1932
Description: This map includes a distance table, text, and insets maps of, Superior, Ashland, Marinette, Green Bay, Appleton, Manitowoc, Oshkosh, Fond Du Lac, Janesvill...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior from west across road of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Mechanical Engineering Building

Date: 1932
Description: Building from across road on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Poster

Travel By Train Travel Poster: Fifth Avenue, New York

Date: 1932
Description: An original lithograph promoting Fifth Avenue in New York as "The World's Greatest Shopping Street," and to get there by way of the train. The poster depic...
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Wellington Hotel

Date: 1932
Description: View from across street of the Wellingon Hotel and Cafe at 142 Fourth Avenue. A portion of the Al. Ringling Theatre is on the right; the Methodist Church i...
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Moccasin Resort

Date: 1932
Description: Stone retaining wall along a road leading to a northern Wisconsin resort property on Lac Court Oreilles Lake. A pavilion and buildings border the road. The...
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Glidden High School

Date: 1932
Description: Three-story stone block high school.
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Bird's-eye View of Mercer

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view overlooking Mercer. Roads, trees and buildings are visible.
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Men with International Trucks at Hoover Dam

Date: 1932
Description: Men stand along a riverbank as International trucks are used to haul loads from the cliffs during the construction of the Hoover Dam. An electric shovel is...
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Hoover Dam Site

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view looking north toward the future site of the Hoover Dam.
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Leibman's Resort on Lake Chippewa

Date: 1932
Description: View down dirt driveway lined with stones leading up to a main building at Leibman's Resort on Lake Chippewa. Two automobiles are parked off to the far rig...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1932
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows towns and sections, lakes and streams, villages, railroads, roads, and La Point and Lac Du Flambeau Indian reservati...
Photograph

Aerial View of Town

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of town looking down from hill lined with trees. In the foreground railroad tracks cross a road. A church building and numerous dwellings are a...
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Airplane View of Cable

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of town.
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The Bobynn Gateway, Lake Namakagon

Date: 1932
Description: View of Gateway to Bobynn on Lake Namakagon, labeled as Cable and Grand View, Wisconsin. In front is a dirt road with two signs that read "The Bobynn." Beh...
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Louise Kolafa

Date: 1932
Description: Louise Kolafa, a 15-year old student at the New Fane school, posing near a country road.
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New Fane

Date: 1932
Description: Looking west along County Trunk Highway SS (now CTH DD) from the hill east of the New Fane School. The brick school, with its bell tower and widow's walk, ...

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