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| 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: | The photographer holding a large Northern Pike and smoking a pipe in a living room. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Advertisement produced for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer featuring a man wearing a suit and hat, supposedly at a sports event, excitedly holding a cup of beer. Th... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for International Diesel-Powered Trucks. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Members of newly formed Temple Beth El. Holocaust survivor Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky is seated in the front row, third from the left. |
| 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: | Studio portrait of Iva Kearney of Ithaca, Wisconsin, holding a glass of milk in her hand. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Outdoor advertising billboard rendered from a photograph of Iva Kearney of Ithaca, Wisconsin, holding a glass of milk in her hand. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Several men, some in Native American dress, stand on the roof of Parson's Indian Trading Post. The building is designed to look like a pueblo. |
| 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: | Captain Phil Renkosiak, Illinois State Police. Renkosiak was a judge for the 1939 A.T.A. Rodeo in Chicago. |
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