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Amateur Baseball in the Park

Date: 1938
Description: The catcher squats as the batter gets ready to swing at a pitch while the umpire looks on. This image was taken as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project...
Photograph

Intersection of Monona Avenue and Main Street

Date: 1938
Description: View from Capitol Park towards the corner of Monona Avenue and Main Street.
Photograph

T-20 TracTracTor with Killefer Rotary Fresno

Date: 1938
Description: A man operating an International TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at a construction site for a new school. Original captions states: "Board of Education, City...
Photograph

Dr. Francis Townsend

Date: 1938
Description: Dr. Francis E. Townsend seated on the platform of a Townsend Plan Club at a park.
Photograph

Woman on Truck with Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: A woman stands on the running board of an International D-40 truck to feed a captive giraffe in transport. The giraffe is in a large crate on the bed of th...
Photograph

Giraffe Transport with International D-40 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Men stand around an International D-40 truck used to transport two giraffes. They are inside a large wooden crate on the back of the truck which is in a bu...
Photograph

Dodge Automobile

Date: 1938
Description: W. L. Tarnutzer stands beside a 1914 Dodge automobile parked on the Sauk County courthouse square. A newer model Dodge with a woman beside it is parked beh...
Print

International D-35 and DS-35 Truck Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising brochure for International D-35 and DS-35 trucks. Cover features a photograph of a D-35 owned by Gordon's Transports.
Photograph

International Truck Transporting Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: A giraffe sticks its head out of an opening in a wooden box carried on the bed of an International D-40 as the animal is transported from New York to Calif...
Photograph

Giraffe Transport

Date: 1938
Description: Men load a tall wooden crate transporting a giraffe onto the bed of an International D-40 truck. The animal was one of a pair being driven from New York to...
Photograph

Truck Transporting Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: Men gather around an International D-40 truck transporting a pair of giraffes en route to the San Diego Zoo. The giraffes are contained within tall wooden ...
Photograph

Men with Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: Two men stand beside an International D-40 truck used to transport a pair of giraffes from New York to the San Diego Zoo. The giraffes are contained within...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Showing System of State and County Trunk Highways

Date: 1938
Description: Color coded map in pink, yellow, blue, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL ROA...
Drawing

A Proposed Master Plan for Sunset Village

Date: 1938
Description: Architectural drawing of the Sunset Village neighborhood on the West side of the city of Madison. The poster description reads: A proposed master plan for ...
Map or Atlas

Greendale, Wisconsin

Date: 1938
Description: This map shows buildings, lots, parks, schools, pumping stations, sites reserved for churches, and water towers.
Map or Atlas

City of Chippewa Falls

Date: 1938
Description: This map shows plat of town, land ownership by name, city limits, section boundaries, wards, local roads, railroads, parks, fairgrounds, cemeteries, locati...
Map or Atlas

Guide to Happy Holidays,Winnebagoland, Wisconsin's Big Lake Area Map: Your Vacations and Weekends Closer to Home

Date: 1938
Description: This map shows roads, parks, golf courses, airports, beaches, docks and harbors, lighthouses, and buoys within Winnebago County and parts of Waushara, Calu...
Map or Atlas

Official Highway Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1938
Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of nearby states. Information on the quality and and type of any road shown (...
Photograph

Mt. Vernon Playground

Date: 1938
Description: A view, looking south, at the intersection of West Mt. Vernon Avenue and North 65th Street. In the foreground is a shallow pool where children are playing,...
Postcard

Pleasure Drive in Vilas Park

Date: 1938
Description: Scene of a tree and rock-lined road through Vilas Park. Benches are on the lawn on the right. Caption reads: "Pleasure Drive in Vilas Park, Madison, Wiscon...

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