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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Waters Motor Company Used Car Sales Lot, located at 746 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from intersection towards the Waters Motor Company, located at 802 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Several men pass through the locks at the Lake Mendota entrance to the Yahara River. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Wells Street Bridge occupies the bottom center of the image, with City Hall in the center background. Three men are walking on the bridge. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from inside arch of building looking out to City Hall. A street is below, along with a parking lot full of cars, and several other buildings. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated exterior view of the water purification plant. A group of men are working on the front lawn of the plant. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Lincoln Borgrud, in his work clothes, standing at the pumps at Droster's Grocery and Filling Station, 1438 Sherman Avenue. A child stands near a car beneat... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the house at 1509 Hooker Avenue shortly after construction. The house was built by Willard Droster. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the house at 1601 Hooker Avenue shortly after construction. The house was built by Willard Droster. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research for Cancer Research on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Cars are parked on the road and in a parking lot ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man operating an International I-14 tractor and Hough street cleaner. The tractor was owned by the city of Santa Barbara. According to the original capti... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man plows snow with an International I-30(?) tractor on a New York City street. Men with shovels are standing on the sidewalk. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A line of women selling goods alongside buildings on a Peruvian street. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from the driver's seat of an International Metro truck, showing part of the steering wheel and a city street beyond. Automobiles are parked near the c... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Pete Dyson sitting in a boat marked "Lottie." The boat had an International PD-40 power unit. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Gesu Church, with automobiles and pedestrians on West Wisconsin Avenue. There is a sign on the left for the Abbot Crest Hotel located at 1226 West Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A winter view of the Wausau Furniture building at 109-111 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Visitors of Milwaukee's sixth annual Midsummer Festival. Men and women walk on the lakefront walkways. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Cereal Mills Company, located at 112-118 West Scott Street. A railroad and a highway bridge are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Two women are walking on the lawn towards the observatory building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A car is parked on the lawn near a tree o... |
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