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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: | The 600 block of Williamson Street ("Machinery Row") with the old Fauerbach Brewery in the background. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees of village. In the background is a water tower on a hill with trees. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Commercial building with road (Broad Street) in foreground. Cars are parked in the lot, with Village Hall and residences in the background. |
| 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: | Georgia O'Keeffe's birthplace on the corner of Townhall and County T. The original building was burned down sometime in the 1970's. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for the International delivery trucks. Features a color illustration of a De Luxe delivery trucks "with All-Steel . . . Streamlined Metr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, 17 South Fairchild Street. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Man unloading cases of 7-Up soda outside a delicatessen at the corner of Michigan and Northampton streets. Truck operated by Henry Guggenheimer. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Panorama view, elevated, of the Wisconsin State Capitol at night from the roof of a building on Monona Avenue. The First National Bank and the Belmont Hote... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad station, 219 S. Blair St., along with the Lake View Hotel, 524 E. Wilson St, in Madison. A man holding... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Man delivering a block of ice to a residential home (150 Lakewood Blvd.) using an International D-300 Oscar Mayer truck with special streamlined body. The ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An industrial area of Milwaukee known as Menominee Valley. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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. ... |
| 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: | Map of the people of Wisconsin according to ethnic stocks. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of Babcock Memorial Garden on the University of Wisconsin campus with bench. |
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