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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Four people outside of the information cabin at Copper Falls State Park. |
| 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: | 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: | International DR-500 cement truck with 94-inch wheel base owned and operated by Ireland and Lester Ready Mixed Concrete. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Farmer Leo Sucharski on his new WD-6 diesel tractor. Mr. Sucharski is talking to C.A. Reef, an International Harvester farm equipment dealer from Gasport. ... |
| 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: | International D-30 armored truck built for Brinks, Incorporated, parked outside the Esquire Theater. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | International D-30 truck with a silver streamlined armored body built for Brinks, Inc. A man is sitting the driver's seat. |
| 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: | Fort Howard hospital marker that reads: "Old Fort Howard • 1816 • This building formerly stood with the surgeons quarters and the powder magazine by the ri... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Tank Cottage, aka the Roi-Poerlier-Tank Cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Tank cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it was purchased by Jacques Porl... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Neighborhood House at 766 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A marker at Lake Pepin made by the sixth grade of Whitehall Memorial School as part of their Junior Historian activities. The Junior Historians are a grade... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Hamacher Hotel on West Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Saint Clara Academy. Caption reads: "Grotto of Our Lade of Lourdes, Saint Clara Academy, Sinsinawa Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Mesas and Buttes historical marker in Mill Bluff State Park. The marker reads: "Mesas and Buttes. These so-called mounds with flat tops and cliffed sid... |
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