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200 Block of King Street

Date: 1949
Description: The 200 block of King Street looking toward the Union Transfer building.
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King and Wilson Streets

Date: 1949
Description: View downhill towards the intersection of King and Wilson streets.
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Bridge Construction

Date: 1949
Description: Construction crew pouring concrete by hand on a bridge on Highway 11 near Browntown.
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Johnson Wax Administration Building

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of the Johnson Wax Administration Building taken at dusk with the circumferential bands of glass tubing lit.
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St. Mary's Church

Date: 1949
Description: View of the ruins of St. Mary's Church.
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A Guernsey Herd

Date: 1949
Description: A Guernsey herd in a stream near a pasture. Trees line the banks.
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View from Lake Road

Date: 1949
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from Lake Road, across Lake Monona. Two large trees frame the view.
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Little Big Horn Survivor

Date: 1949
Description: German-born Charles Windolph, a Medal of Honor winner, a veteran of the Seventh Cavalry, and the last living survivor of the Big Horn Campaign, photographe...
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Holocaust Survivor Lucy Rothstein Baras and Family

Date: 1949
Description: Lucy Rothstein Baras and family at outdoor cafe in Furth, Germany after World War II. From left: Lucy Rothstein Baras, Victor (son), Edward Baras (husband...
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Eva Lauffer Deutschkron and Son Edward

Date: 1949
Description: Eva Lauffer Deutschkron and son, Edward, sitting in front of their apartment; 2127 University Avenue.
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb on Deck of S.S. Castel Bianco

Date: 1949
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb on deck of S.S. Castel Bianco en route to Israel.
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and Friend in Israel

Date: 1949
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and unidentified friend ride in a cart pulled by a mule; Raanana, Israel.
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Walter Peltz and Family En Route to the United States

Date: 1949
Description: From left: unidentified man, son Andre, wife Rose, unidentified woman, Walter Wolf Peltz looking out of the window of a railroad car; Hamburg, Germany, en ...
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Rabbi Mayer Relles with Sons

Date: 1949
Description: Rabbi Mayer Relles with sons Nathan (right) and George (left); Trieste, Italy.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior of entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison camppus. Students are sitting around the Lincoln Monument o...
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Eagle Heights

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of faculty housing project, under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Two Men Posing on a Train Engine

Date: 1949
Description: Engineer and fireman on a train carrying International Harvester binder twine ("a trainload of twine") to Lincoln, Nebraska. Original caption reads: "Engin...
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Man Waving from "Trainload of Twine"

Date: 1949
Description: A man hangs on to the side of a train from a ladder and waves his hand. Original caption reads: "Giving his engineer the 'highball' upon arrival of the 25-...
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Drying Sisal Fibers in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: Women wearing straw hats spread sisal fibers out to dry on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Native women are s...
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Drying Sisal Fibers in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: Workers drying fiber at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Distributing fiber to dry from the trucks."

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