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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1940
Description: Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back...
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Aerial View of Isthmus

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view looking east over the center of the city and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Bascom Hall Entrance Walkway

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of north walkway of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on the left, and a car...
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Menominee Valley

Date: 1940
Description: An industrial area of Milwaukee known as Menominee Valley.
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Storefronts on Main Street

Date: 1940
Description: View of a variety of storefronts in bustling downtown. On the left side of the street is Berman's, Cremer's Jewelers, Liggett's Drugs, and Kinney's Shoes. ...
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Keenan House

Date: 1940
Description: The Keenan House at 28 East Gilman Street, which was the residence of Dr. George Keenan, Chauncey Williams, and Col. J.H. Knight, and today a Madison landm...
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Milwaukee City Hall

Date: 1940
Description: City street scene with City Hall.
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Babcock Memorial Garden

Date: 1940
Description: View of Babcock Memorial Garden on the University of Wisconsin campus with bench.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Station

Date: 1940
Description: The Romanesque Chicago & Northwestern Railway station.
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"The Wizard of Oz" Munchkin Coroner

Date: 1940
Description: Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as the Coroner from "The Wizard Of Oz," shaking hands outdoors with a man wearing a hat and coat. Behind them is the Oscar Mayer W...
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Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge

Date: 1940
Description: Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1851. It claims to be "the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal church in the world."
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St. Frances Xavier Church in Cross Plains

Date: 1940
Description: Front view of St. Frances Xavier Catholic church.
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Iowa County Court House

Date: 1940
Description: View across street towards cars parked in front of the Iowa County Court House.
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Courthouse

Date: 1940
Description: View of the exterior of the Iowa County Court House.
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Buena Vista House

Date: 1940
Description: View across street towards the inn, with three cars parked in front. There is a "Chicken & Steak Dinner" sign, as well as a "Schlitz" beer sign. The cobbl...
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: Octagon house.
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Treaty Tamarack

Date: 1940
Description: Tamarack tree located in Florence County marking the beginning of the State Boundary.
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Macy Library

Date: 1940
Description: View of a two-story octagonal structure amongst trees. Caption reads: "Possibly Wisconsin's most unusual bit of 'octagonda' is just outside of Fond du Lac....
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: Front entrance of Octagon House. Caption reads: "Another Fond du Lac octagon is this one, built in 1850, although it looks for all the world like one of th...
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: View of the octagon house. The caption below the photograph reads: "This house, built in 1849, is on Jefferson county trunk M, near Fort Atkinson. Its oute...

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