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| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men unloading trucks and equipment from a ship shortly after arrival in the African Congo. The equipment was used by Commander Atillio Gat... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | West Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square showing, from left to right, Gerald's, a women's clothing store (in the Wisconsin Life Building); a Rennebohm Dru... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across Mifflin Street of City Hall, located at the intersection of West Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The Parkway Theater, featuring t... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Jones house was built in 1867 by William L. Jones who moved to Wisconsin from New York. The carpenter for the home was Mr. William Seeley, a Yankee. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Crown Can Company, along the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad line. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Grace Episcopal Church. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Pendarvis (left) and Trelawny (right) homes, before the Trelawny house was restored. Originally the homes were Cornish miner's cottages. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A field party lead by Charles E. Brown prepare to excavate the Heim effigy mound. The effigy, shaped like a fox or wolf, has been outlined by stakes. The m... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View across Capitol grounds towards City Hall and the Parkway Theater on West Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View from Capitol Park towards the corner of Monona Avenue and Main Street. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View across street towards Harry Rodin's service station at the intersection of North 7th and West Galena. People are standing at the corner near the bus s... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A patrolman demonstrates a driving machine at a Drivers Clinic sponsored by the Wisconsin Highway Commission. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men use a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 with a grading attachment at Lincoln Park golf course. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Schuman brothers using Farmall tractors and an ensilage cutter in their farm field. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of rivers, with Lake Michigan in upper right, train yards, and highway in lower left. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Flyer for the Red Arrow Club of Milwaukee, located at 774 North Broadway. 32nd Division. Several cars parked in front of the five story building. A sign fo... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Several houses along the road next to a local restaurant with several signs advertising food and drink. A car is on the far left in the road. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a tugboat pulling a lake steamer on the Milwaukee River under an open drawbridge near the Electric Company. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Civil Conservation Camp (CCC), tentatively identified as the Bloomington camp. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the house at 1501 Hooker Avenue shortly after construction. An automobile is parked in the driveway. The house was built by Willard Droster. |
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