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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: | Aerial view looking east over the center of the city and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International trucks. Features a color illustration of a D-line truck hauling a large section of aqueduct with a reservoir in the ba... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the last covered bridge in Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Covered Bridge Near Cedarburg, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People on a rustic bridge over river at Copper Falls State Park. A long log building is in the background on the other side of the river. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Big Manitou Falls with trees and observation area. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of trees along a fence in front of Boulder Lake. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View down steep hill through trees towards a rowboat tied to a pier on High Lake, with the far shoreline in the distance. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Memorial to the Moravians who arrived in Eagle Bay in 1853. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View towards swimming pool towards people relaxing and sitting around the pool near the lake at the Baptist Assembly Grounds. Caption reads: "The Pool Nort... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a canoe on the St. Croix River with wooded areas on both sides within the Interstate State Park. Established in 1900, Interstate Park was... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company generating plant and dam. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view across Kenosha harbor at the large Simmons Company factory building. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the bridge spanning the Mississippi River in La Crosse. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The bridge spanning the Mississippi River in La Crosse. |
| 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 of Taylor Lake and the entrance to Chain O' Lakes. |
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