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| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking east over the center of the city and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Caption on negative sleeve: "Aldo Leopold and son Luna (standing); Mrs. Leopold and two daughters Nina and Estella (kneeling). 'Shack' in background." The ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the last covered bridge in Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Covered Bridge Near Cedarburg, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People on a rustic bridge over river at Copper Falls State Park. A long log building is in the background on the other side of the river. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Romanesque Chicago & Northwestern Railway station. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1851. It claims to be "the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal church in the world." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front view of St. Frances Xavier Catholic church. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Replica of Eleazer William's original log cabin, with trees and a dirt road, five miles south of De Pere on the west bank of the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across street towards cars parked in front of the Iowa County Court House. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Tamarack tree located in Florence County marking the beginning of the State Boundary. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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.... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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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