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International Harvester Parade Float

Date: 1945
Description: Me and women line the sidewalks to watch an International Harvester parade float go by. The float is decorated with uniformed men in a jeep, and palm trees...
Photograph

International Tractor with Parade Float

Date: 1945
Description: An International tractor pulls a parade float down a commercial street lined with spectators. The float celebrates International Harvester's war production...
Photograph

C.O. Johnson Implement Company

Date: 1945
Description: View from street of the storefront of C.O. Johnson Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership.
Photograph

H.W. Moore Equipment Co.

Date: 1945
Description: View from across road of the front of the H.W. Moore Equipment Company, an International Harvester power equipment dealership. Signs on the building read: ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Downtown Madison

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of downtown Madison in the before construction of the Wisconsin Telephone Company in 1947 at the corner of South Fairchild Street and East Main...
Photograph

Aerial View of Schenk's Corners

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of Schenk's Corners looking east showing the intersection of Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street.
Photograph

Automobile Dealerships

Date: 1945
Description: The Du Bois and Kieffer Hudson dealership, and Philbrick Motors, a Willys dealership, which shared a building at 137 Third Avenue. There is a Phillips 66 g...
Photograph

International KB-8 Tanker

Date: 1945
Description: International KB-8 truck used as oil tanker. The name on the truck reads: "John Groner, Motor Carrier, Inc.; Jefferson City, MO." A dome, possibly the Stat...
Photograph

Historic House Tourists

Date: 1945
Description: Visitors to the historic Charles A. Grignon House (built 1837-1839), probably during the 1940s. The visitors are seated on a corner of the front porch unde...
Photograph

Displaced Persons

Date: 1945
Description: Foreign correspondent Alvin J. Steinkopf saying goodbye to Czechoslovakian children after interviewing them about their relief needs.
Photograph

International KR-11 Truck with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1945
Description: International KR-11 truck with semi-trailer on an urban road. A tunnel is in the background with lettering that welcomes visitors to Seattle.
Photograph

International K-8 Moving Truck

Date: 1945
Description: View across street of an International K-8 truck in a residential driveway. Original caption reads: "the new type units being operated by Aero Mayflower Tr...
Map or Atlas

City of Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Date: 1945
Description: Map features a legend with symbols of points of interest. The symbols are in red. The back of the map has text on "Points of Interest and Information".
Map or Atlas

Kenosha, Wisconsin : Ward Map

Date: 1945
Description: This map shows wards and precincts and includes a list of polling places by ward and precinct. The map reads: "Keep this Map . . . It Gives the Location of...
Postcard

Catholic Church

Date: 1945
Description: Catholic Church with a spire and stairways in front, on a narrow street. Trees and power poles line the street. Caption reads: "Catholic Church, Eagle, Wis...
Postcard

Scene at Eagle, Wis.

Date: 1945
Description: Crossroads with Hwy 67 straight ahead; the road on the left goes toward Rte. 59 and Oconomowoc. The right turn goes towards Mukwonago. Power lines are over...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1945
Description: Diagonal view across Hwy 99 going through Eagle, Wisconsin. Probably Jericho Street, but unmarked. Cars are parked at an angle in front of storefronts lini...
Photograph

Dickey Chapelle with Donkey

Date: 1945
Description: Dickey Chapelle wearing a heavy coat and kneeling to feed hay to a donkey next to a cart on a street in a city in Geurande, France. She has a camera around...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1945
Description: This map shows railroad routes and includes inset maps of Superior and vicinity and Milwaukee and vicinity.
Map or Atlas

Zoning Map of the City of Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Date: 1945
Description: This map shows block and lot numbers, subdivisions, streets, railroads, and abandoned right of ways. Some areas are shown in yellow and pink. The city seal...

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