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Circus Wagon

Date: 1936
Description: A circus wagon, hitched to a truck cab, is parked across the street from three houses in a residential neighborhood.
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Crescent Beach Campsite

Date: 1936
Description: Crescent Beach campsite with cabins and miniature golf course by Lake Michigan.
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Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
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Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1936
Description: Fort Howard Hopital, with an antique dealer next door.
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Cornish Miner's House

Date: 1936
Description: The home of a Cornish miner.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Indian Agency house after restoration. A person is standing on the porch.
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Olin House

Date: 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view across street towards the John M. Olin house, located at 130 N. Prospect. Constructed in 1912 and attributed to the Milwaukee archit...
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Plough Inn

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of the Plough Inn, located at 3402 Monroe Street. Built in 1853 and added onto in 1858. The home was originally built for German immigrants F...
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Crescent Beach

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of Crescent Beach, with campsite with cabins and miniature golf course and other outbuildings. Downtown buildings can be seen in the backgrou...
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Company Sales Room

Date: 1936
Description: Two men sit around a table in the company dealership sales room. Original caption reads: "Company sales room and service station 2665 N. Elston Ave; Chicag...
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Pacific Saw Filing Truck

Date: 1936
Description: Two men sharpen knives with equipment carried by an International truck. Original caption reads: "C-5 equipped with special body, owned by John Ciffone, co...
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Women Sitting on Bench

Date: 1936
Description: Two women sit on a bench in a park. Caption reads "Aunt Lydia with the photographer's wife Mary."
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Residential Street with Children on Tricycles

Date: 1936
Description: View from lawn of curved residential street lined with recently constructed housing and lampposts. A car sits in a driveway of a house on the left, and fur...
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Men Walking on Residential Street

Date: 1936
Description: View up residential street with newly constructed houses, young trees and lampposts. Men in suits and hats walk along the sidewalk. A speed limit sign is o...
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Man Delivering Milk with Truck

Date: 1936
Description: Man getting out of an International M-3 truck owned by the Golden Guernsey Dairy. The truck is parked on a residential street, and the driver is carrying a...
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First Wisconsin Territorial Capitol Building

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view from across road of the first Wisconsin territorial Capitol building, as restored, in Old Belmont (later changed to Leslie).
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Marathon County Park

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Marathon County Park. Many children are playing in the water surrounding a stone fountain, while others watch from the benches.
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Fishing Village

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of a fishing village at Gills Rock, at the tip of the Door County Peninsula. Two boats, many nets, and three men are visible, along with a ...
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Village on the Bluffs

Date: 1936
Description: View along side of road across a field of a village on the Mississippi bluffs, with many houses and telephone lines visible.
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Cornish Miners' Houses

Date: 1936
Description: An exterior view of Cornish miners' houses along the side of a street.

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