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| 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: | A small dog stands beside a large statue (appears to be carved out of wood) advertising Pompy Cigars, outside of a drugstore. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee rail yards. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a covered bridge in Cedarburg. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Last covered bridge to remain standing in Wisconsin. In the distance an automobile is parked on the side of the road in the shade of a tree. Caption along ... |
| 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 of town from the south, with the Baraboo River on the other side of the road. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View down a street in Sun Prairie, including a home, watertower, and church. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The bridge over Crawfish River. Buildings are on the other side of the bridge. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | 1100 block of South Sixteenth Street with storefronts and automobile traffic. Cable car tracks run down the middle of the street. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Turner Hall, a Swiss social center in Monroe. Caption reads: "Turner Hall, Monroe, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Mobil gas station constructed of split stone. Next door, offering ice cream, soda pop, and groceries to motorists near Silver Lake, was the Boothville groc... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the Pebble house, also called Edward Dodge House. Built in 1848 and constructed of cobblestone. Stone columns with a gate and fence are in front ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Tree-lined avenue leading to the Cistercian Monastery. Caption reads: "Avenue Leading to the Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Looking west on W. Wisconsin Avenue from N. 3rd Street, featuring Woolworth's, Boston Store, and the Schroeder Hotel. An Edgewood-bound bus is stopped in f... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Street view exterior of building. The roads are lined with cars. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Looking East down middle of avenue. Numerous vehicles are on the road, with a few pedestrians visible. A sign identifies the Republican Hotel on the left, ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Gesu Pastoral Residence Catholic Church, 1131 W. Wisconsin Street. Church towers, with a clock, are right of center, with wings to the left and right. A mo... |
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