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Rib Mountain

Date: 1950
Description: A view from Rib Mountain looking southeast toward Rothschild and the Wisconsin River. The sign on the road in the foreground reads: "Dangerous Road, Drive ...
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Vowell Material Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International truck owned by the Vowell Material Company parked in a road. There are buildings and rocky terrain in the background. The original caption...
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Contour Farming

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of a farm and surrounding fields farmed with the contour method. Shocks of grain dot several of the fields.
Postcard

Greetings From Crandon

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of town, showing all of Lake Metonga in the background. Caption reads: "Greetings from Crandon, Wisconsin."
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Sacred Heart Hospital

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of Sacred Heart Hospital.
Postcard

St. Bede's Priory and High School

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of St. Bede's Priory and High School, including the surrounding country landscape. There is a highway behind the buildings. The Priory is the M...
Photograph

Rib Mountain

Date: 1950
Description: In this photograph marked for cropping for publication, a group including a young woman, two young men and a boy observe the features of a rock outcropping...
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TD-18A — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View across field towards a man driving a TD-18A. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "TD-18A Marvin...
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TD-24 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Larry Lambertz, Imperial, Calif. Used with a Marvin land...
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TD-18A — Irrigation

Date: 1950
Description: View of a man driving a TD-18A in a field. Subject: "TD-18A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Brown Bos., Co...
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TD-14A — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View of two men working filling gullies and leveling land. Subject: "TD-14A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Owne...
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River View from Wyalusing State Park

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin River from Wyalusing State Park, framed by trees. There is a bridge over the river in the distance.
Photograph

Contour Farming

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of contour farming surrounding multiple farms and woods.
Photograph

Power

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of a hydroelectric power plant owned by Northern States Power Company located on the Chippewa River. A highway bridge and a railroad bridge spa...
Postcard

Horseshoe Curve

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Horseshoe Curve At Rock Springs, Wis." A road and a railroad track, with bridges over the Baraboo River, make a double curve in an el...
Postcard

Upper Narrows

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Upper Narrows, Rock Springs, Wis." A road and a railroad tracks run next to each other in an elevated view of the Upper Narrows. Text...
Postcard

The Old Mill Stream in the Narrows

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The Old Mill Stream in the Narrows at Rock Springs, Wis." A road and the Narrows Creek run next to each other in an elevated view of ...
Postcard

Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." On the reverse it reads: "Lush Farm Land." Elevated view of a farmer on a tractor in a large corn ...

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