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International Harvester Building on Michigan Avenue

Date: 1945
Description: International Harvester Building looking north on Michigan Avenue.
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Marinette Harbor

Date: 1945
Description: Harbor in Marinette at sunset. Boats are docked at the sides of a canal. Smoke pours from smokestacks of a facility in the distance.
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View from Lake Monona

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona with a tree, pier and boat in the foreground.
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Tower Avenue in Superior

Date: 1945
Description: View of Tower Avenue, looking north. A drugstore is on the corner (right), as well as an auto parts store.
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Aerial View of Lower Campus

Date: 1945
Description: View of the lower campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison includes Bascom Hill, Wisconsin Historical Society, Memorial Union and the Armory (Red Gym ...
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Air View of University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of Bascom Hill, Bascom Hall, Wisconsin Historical Society on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus with Lake Mendota on the right.
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Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1945
Description: The hotel has a sign above the porch that reads: "Old Denniston House".
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Lafayette County Courhouse

Date: 1945
Description: Front view of the Lafayette County courthouse.
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Eagle River Bridge

Date: 1945
Description: View towards the Eagle River bridge. Caption reads: "Eagle River Bridge, Eagle River, Wis."
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Schley Home

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Schley home on the corner of North Astor Street and East Juneau Avenue. It was built ca. 1850.
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Guenther Half Way House

Date: 1945
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...
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Hotel Wausau

Date: 1945
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."
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Pine River

Date: 1945
Description: View of a footbridge over the Pine River. Boats are laying in the grass in the foreground.
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Cheese Row

Date: 1945
Description: View across railroad tracks towards Cheese Row. Automobiles and trucks are parked near the buildings. Caption reads: "Cheese Row, Monroe, Wis."
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Tuberculosis Bus

Date: 1945
Description: State Board of Health mobile tuberculosis x-ray unit. The ability to bring tuberculosis diagnostic technology to all parts of the state greatly aided the v...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1945
Description: An aerial view of the Portage Canal, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1945
Description: An elevated view of Portage and it's vicinity.
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Church of Christ, Scientist

Date: 1945
Description: Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Science church outside of Boston and the first in America built for this purpose.
Postcard

Outagamie County Court House

Date: 1945
Description: Linen-type postcard depicting Outagamie County Court House. This view was issued by the Curt Teich company in 1945, the year in which Joseph R. McCarthy, c...
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Saint Raphael's Cathedral

Date: 1945
Description: View of St. Raphael's Cathedral on West Main Street.

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