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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A repair man checks a tire on a stand and a second inspects an inner tube while a customer looks on. Signs advertise Goodrich Tires, Bowes Seal Fast, and t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from cobblestone street of a man standing next to a police officer at the corner of Third and Oak Streets, in front of the Corner Drugstore. A horse-d... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from across street of a shirtless young man standing beside an automobile in the shade of a lean-to attached to the old Ringling Hotel. Signs on the t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of a cabin and the tent grounds of Nordland Camp for boys, operated as an auxiliary of the German-American Bund, the American Nazi Organization. A f... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Men in summer clothes stand in small groups outside of a large canvas tent. The men on the right wear badges with ribbons. In the background, a man in Nati... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men and a police officer stand beside the "Pioneer," an early Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive which is parked beside the Sauk County Court... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the street that runs through the Dartmouth College campus. Trees and buildings line the way, with a stone "Slow Keep Right" obelisk in the middl... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the west side of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus looking towards Bascom Hill. Lake Mendota is in the background on the right. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | International D-30 truck driving a "twist course" at the Fort Wayne Proving Grounds. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | International DR-700 truck driving on "twist course" at Fort Wayne Proving Grounds. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Men are using Champion Jolt Squeeze molding machines in the molding unit at International Harvester's Osborne Works factory. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Factory workers at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works complete work on the drag half of molds on the mold conveyor. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Factory workers making cylinder block barrel cores with a Beardsley and Piper core slinger at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Neva Schultz of the Dane County Hospital and Home poses next to an automobile. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from the second floor balcony of the Charles A Grignon House at Kaukauna showing the historic boat canal and the Fox River beyond it. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of foundation of the house built by Dominique DuCharme in 1790 and enlarged by Augustin Grignon after 1804. The Grignon family resided in the... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man walks down Main Street towards an Amoco station and parked cars. To his left, a sign advertises "The Art Center" located on Hoyt's Lane. The Leavit... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View down a country road leading from the outskirts of town. On the right, a horse-drawn carriage is parked outside the Post Office and F.A. Irish Grocerie... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the village green, with rustic bridges and dwellings in the background. Automobiles are further down the street. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Lakeside view from pier of large two-story house and grounds on Madeline Island. |
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