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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a B-15 flying over the granite memorial to the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The 60-foot memorial was dedicat... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | The Benjamin Franklin Hopkins house, 142 East Gilman Street, built by Hopkins about 1850. The house was later owned by Dr. William Jacobs. The square bay ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | The Fauerbach Brewery, with Lake Monona in the background. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | The proposed Mendota Lake Front Development Plan, William Kaeser, architect. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A color, pictorial map. Scale: 10 miles to the inch. Shows state parks and forests, proposed state parkways, proposed state monuments and memorials, nation... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of International Harvester's Geelong Works in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. |
| 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: | Two men, a young boy, and two women relax by a tree near a stream. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of group of boats and people on shoreline of a river in Peru, with mountains in the background. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man operates an International TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to create a slope for a levee. Original caption reads: "A TD-35 TracTracTor with 10 foo... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man operates an International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to deepen a creek channel. Original caption reads: "TD-18 TracTracTor and Emseo(?) Bull... |
| 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: | A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View of a tug boat docked on frozen Lake Minnetonka. The boat was powered by an International PD-80 power unit and bears signage reading "Priscilla" and ".... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | International PA-100 power unit operating a Pomona water pump in a lead and zinc mine. A box labeled "dynamite" is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A view from water of the Thunder Lake Lumber Co., one of the largest sawmills in Rhinelander. It was located on Lake Creek and operated until 1937. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of harbor, boats, and factories. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Cover of a brochure titled "Soil and Moisture Conservation in the Western Plains Area." Includes the text: "Stop runoff, Reduce Erosion and Evaporation." |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View down long wooden dock. There is a diving board on the dock as well as ladders for people swimming. On shore are three parked automobiles and a few cab... |
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