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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Belmont Hotel is behind the capitol on the left, and beyond is Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | The hotel has a sign above the porch that reads: "Old Denniston House". |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Front entrance of the Roger Williams Inn, American Baptist Assembly grounds. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | The Guenther Half Way House. People traveling between Wausau and Stevens Point by stage stopped here overnight. The 100-year-old tavern was torn down in 19... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Hotel Wausau on a street corner, with pedestrians on the sidewalks, and automobiles in the street. Caption reads: "Hotel Wausau, Wausau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Gift shop at the Bennett Studio. The pictured individuals include Ruth Bennett Dyer and Oliver Reese. In addition to operating the photography studio, the... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the stone-walled headquarters building of the Water Regulatory Board located within a grove of trees. According to text included with the ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Man plowing snow with an International M tractor and snowplow. Original caption reads: "Then equipped with Trojan Vee-type snow plow as shown, the Trojan o... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Man mowing the shoulder of a highway or country road with an International A tractor. Original caption reads: "International A industrial wheel tractor wit... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | International (or Farmall?) tractor with Trojan Vee-plow removing snow in Pittsburgh. Original caption reads: "In a recent big snow storm which snarled Pit... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View from street of the storefront of C.O. Johnson Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Man loading a box into an International K-7 truck with semi-trailer, operated by Motor Express, Inc. The truck is backed up to the loading dock of a buildi... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | International truck owned and operated by Davidson Fast Freight, a division of Davidson Transfer & Storage Company. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | International KR-11 truck operated by Navajo Freight Lines. The trailer is illustrated with what appears to be profile of a Native American. Original capti... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Four children ride in the box of a horse-drawn sled along with four milk cans. The driver holds the reins of the two horses. One child is perched on a can.... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Black and white sketch of a mailbox on a post in a milk can, with its flag up, next to a country road. Across the road is a tree and fence, with a field an... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from street of the Standard Service Station, with cars parked along the curb, and another car at a pump. The building to the lef... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Alma Schmidt Petersen (1894-1989). The granddaughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, Alma and her husband Dr. William F. ... |
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