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Eilert Parts Department

Date: 1938
Description: The parts department of Eilert's Farm Equipment, showing bins and racks. Eilert's was an International Harvester dealership.
Photograph

Fishing Dock

Date: 1938
Description: View from water of fishing dock and structure alongside; log buildings in background on shore. Possibly on shoreline of one of the Apostle Islands or on Ch...
Photograph

"Men with Wings"

Date: 1938
Description: Beaver Dam's favorite son Fred MacMurray (right) co-starred with Ray Milland and Louise Campbell in "Men with Wings," a 1938 Paramount release that traced ...
Photograph

Burke Depot

Date: 1938
Description: The Burke Depot during the move to the Droster store location. Built in 1884, it had been located on the Northeast corner of Burke and Felland Road.
Photograph

Rennebohm Store on Capitol Square

Date: 1938
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...
Painting

Main Street

Date: 1938
Description: View of Main Street, looking north on Gasper Street.
Photograph

Pendarvis and Trelawny Homes

Date: 1938
Description: The Pendarvis (left) and Trelawny (right) homes, before the Trelawny house was restored. Originally the homes were Cornish miner's cottages.
Photograph

Charles E. Brown prepares to Excavate the Heim Effigy Mound

Date: 1938
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...
Photograph

Drivers Clinic

Date: 1938
Description: A patrolman demonstrates a driving machine at a Drivers Clinic sponsored by the Wisconsin Highway Commission.
Photograph

American Expeditionary Force Memorial Building

Date: 1938
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...
Photograph

House at 1501 Hooker Avenue

Date: 1938
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.
Photograph

Golden Guernsey Dairy Delivery Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A milkman stands inside a Golden Guernsey Dairy delivery truck loading bottles into a carrier. The truck is parked at a curb and a house is in the backgrou...
Photograph

Winnebago County Asylum Dirt Road Entrance

Date: 1938
Description: Tree-lined dirt road entrance to the Winnebago County Asylum. In the far distance, two individuals are standing near the entrance gate.
Map or Atlas

Map of Menominee Indian Reservation

Date: 1938
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, roads, trails, lookout towers, and railroads.
Photograph

Texaco Super Service

Date: 1938
Description: A Texaco Super Service filling station owned by H.F. Bartsch on the corner of Park and Midland Streets. A home is on the opposite side of Midland Street. T...
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

Elementary Village and City School Districts of Rusk County

Date: 1938
Description: This map shows school districts, schools (rural, transport, and state graded), roads, and city and village school systems. The lower right corner includes ...
Postcard

Mt. Washington Sanitorium

Date: 1938
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of the Mt. Washington Sanitorium, a four-story medical facility. Caption reads: "Mt. Washington Sanitorium, Eau Clair...
Photograph

Breslau — Israelitisches Krankenhaus

Date: 1938
Description: Two panoramic views, including caption, of a teaching hospital in Breslau (Wrocław), Poland: one view is from across a street, and the other is an ele...
Photograph

W.M. Rosensteel Sr. House

Date: 1938
Description: View from street towards the home of W.M. Rosensteel Sr., at 614 S. Dickinson Street. Snow is on the ground. The partially visible house next door on the r...

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