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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Sylvester J. Wittman of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, one of the all time great racing pilots and race plane builders, with Bonzo II. During his career Steve Wittman... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of street corner on Hanchett's block, on the northeast corner of State and Brood streets, with a newspaper stand, clothing store, and a labor temple. ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Construction crew pouring concrete by hand on a bridge on Highway 11 near Browntown. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Johnson Wax Administration Building taken at dusk with the circumferential bands of glass tubing lit. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Welding a milk truck at the Heil Corporation in Milwaukee. The Heil company was founded by German-born Julius P. Heil in 1901. As the Heil Rail Joint Wel... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Susanne Hafner Goldfarb on deck of S.S. Castel Bianco en route to Israel. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and unidentified friend ride in a cart pulled by a mule; Raanana, Israel. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of a lighthouse or dwelling from a rocky shore. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three rowboats floating in the water off a rocky shore, and in the distance several rocky islands with trees. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | This color map includes historical descriptions of select areas and a short article on the history of Wisconsin. The major highways in the state shown on t... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the City Dock on Lake Superior. There are four boats, and people and cars are on the dock. A sign in the foreground reads: "N... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the restaurant, with electric signs in the parking lot and above the entrance. Text on reverse reads: "For delightful dining... come to Ho... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Director Ida Lupino sitting in a chair, getting her foot bandaged by an unknown man on the outdoors set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." A foot cast is next ... |
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