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Arrival of "Woodrush"

Date: 1949
Description: View from dock of the U.S. Coast Guard ship "Woodrush" arriving at the La Pointe dock to clear ice. Two trucks are on the dock, one with a piano.
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McCormick Farmall H in Cornfield by Pond

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer using a McCormick Farmall H tractor in a cornfield near a pond. The tractor is equipped with a cultivator.
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Photograph

International Power Unit

Date: 1949
Description: International power unit powers an irrigation system.
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Aerial view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill.
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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.
Photograph

Sisal Plantation Manager and Wife

Date: 1949
Description: Mr. Heath, manager on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba, walks with his wife in the yard of his official company residence. The couple's ...
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Man Drinking Outdoors in Field

Date: 1949
Description: A worker in a hat stands and takes a drink out of a clear glass jug on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption states: "One o...
Photograph

Seatrain New Orleans

Date: 1949
Description: Freighter from New Orleans in port at Habana [Havana?]. The ship is flying the Cuban flag. Another ship is in the background on the left. The ship transpor...
Photograph

Silvana Mangano in Riso Amaro (Bitter Rice)

Date: 1949
Description: Scene still of Silvana Mangano, playing Silvana Melega, standing in a flooded rice paddy with two horses in Giuseppe De Santis's Riso Amaro (Bitter Rice...
Print

Winter Morning at Sister Bay

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card of the Sister Bay lakeshore. Three figures are on the shore. Two boathouses, a covered boat, a pier, and two upright boats are in the backgrou...
Photograph

Rocky Coastline

Date: 1949
Description: View from the rocks of the coastline looking toward the tree-covered opposing shore.
Photograph

View From A Rocky Coastline

Date: 1949
Description: View of a lighthouse or dwelling from a rocky shore.
Photograph

Small Boats Moored Near The Rocky Shore

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of three rowboats floating in the water off a rocky shore, and in the distance several rocky islands with trees.
Photograph

Boats in the Harbor

Date: 1949
Description: View of the harbor, crowded with boats.
Print

International Heavy Duty Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color illustrations of a truck driving through the rain, assorted truck parts, and a truck driving pa...
Map or Atlas

Historical Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1949
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...
Photograph

Marge Walsch

Date: 1949
Description: "Marge Walsch."
Photograph

Marge Walsch

Date: 1949
Description: "Marge Walsch."

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