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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Railroad train cars are stopped on the tracks and smoke is rising fr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Corner of Second and National Avenue. Cars are lined up on both sides of the street in front of storefronts. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, though other tracks are sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, with other tracks sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the background, ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man in a suit and hat is standing on the side of a train engine in a train yard. Railroad employees can be seen in and on the train, and a group of men a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque mounted at front door of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Plaque donated by t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Bradley Hospital on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building was a gift of H.C. Bradley and was used for the treatment of ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Bradley Hospital on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of entrance to Home Economics building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building has awnings over several windows. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Infirmary on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Exterior of three-story building, with a circular path around some shrubs in the yard. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of the porch of the house at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A group of women are gathered on the fron porch. Snow covers the ground. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across street of dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Storefronts on Monroe Street, including Henry Esch Faville's Photography Shop at 1726 Monroe Street. Also shown is: George Burrowbridge, Barber, 1724 Monro... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Salesman Walter E. Seliguan at the wheel of an International truck, talking with J.G. Lauchner, general manager of the Hicksville Implement Company. The Hi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An man on a International I-12 tractor owned by the city of Davenport is lifting gravel into a truck. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man operating an International I-12 tractor with a snowplow to plow a sidewalk. A group of children are walking behind the snowplow. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man is cleaning a residential street with an International I-14 tractor with a Hough sweeper attached. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | International model D-15-M (Metro) truck owned by Davidson Transfer & Storage Co. and operated under lease by Remington Rand, Inc., in Baltimore. A man is ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man in a uniform standing at the back of an International Metro truck with one leg up on the bumper. He is writing on a pad held on his knee, and there i... |
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