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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Stoughton druggist, O.N. Falk, sorts the mail with a smile. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol, which is the fourth capitol built in 1906-1917, featuring outdoor stairway. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of O.N. Falk's Drug Store, on Main Street. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison's upper campus from Lincoln Terrace down Bascom Hill. The Wisconsin State Capitol can be seen in the dista... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Men ride in a convertible with campaign signs proclaiming, "We Want Truman," and "Vets for Eisenhower." |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Construction of the faculty housing project at Eagle Heights for the University of Wisconsin Madison. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and Elsie the Cow and her calf Beauregard, stand on a parade float with two men in downtown Milwaukee, while a male o... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline towards the opposite shoreline towards the Buettner mill on the left, and the river with a dam, on the right. In the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior of St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Large brick kiln-like structure in field. Built in 1876, the blast furnace was used to salvage additional lead from the slag of 18 area furnaces operating ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Railroad depot for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Saint Marie railroad company's trains. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The residence of "Cap" Barnes at 129 North Baldwin Street. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The Bodenstein house at 220 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A private residence located at 612 South Brooks Street. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The Buell home, built by Charles E. Buell in 1894, which was called "Buell's Folly" locally. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The Butler house at 625 West Lakeside Street with a snow-covered lawn. |
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