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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two men are loading boxes of eggs into the back end of an International L-120 pickup truck in front of a poultry store. Produced from 1949-1953, approximat... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A young child, Frank Hill, walking the picket line at a strike with an older man. The adult's sign reads: "Construction Workers organize for hours, wages a... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man operating a ticket booth in the Wisconsin Dells. He is playing a card game, probably solitaire, on the counter. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A woman and young girl review the latest fashion merchandise in a retail window display. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a farmer in a field operating a McCormick Farmall C tractor with mounted cultivator. Rows of crops wind off into the distance. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | McCormick Farmall Cub tractor with "Mid-Century Promotion" advertising placards on hood and wheels. Similar placards were used on the limited edition White... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of a man delivering chickens to Lyons Produce, Poultry and Eggs with an International L-160 truck. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | International L-153 schoolmaster bus picking up school children at a residential stop. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across street of the Al. Ringling Theater with a Studebaker pickup truck in the foreground. There is a hardware store on the right. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S.... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The Department of Agriculture's "All You Can Drink for Ten Cents" milk booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. On the roof is a cow crafted from a bale of hay. ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color view of the State Street and Lake Street intersection, with the Co-op book store, the Rennebohm Drug Store and the Wisconsin State Capitol at the end... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Hamacher Hotel and Tavern, 302-306 West Mifflin Street, at the intersection of North Henry Street. Its demolition between 1955 and 195... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the birthplace of the Republican Party, located on the Republican House grounds. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The northwest facade of the Michael Brisbois house, built in 1815. A sign near the entrance reads: "Brisbois Residence". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Vi Slovin, an employee of the United Packinghouse Workers District One office in Chicago, working after hours to distribute leaflets about the Wilson & Co.... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A Coca-Cola vending machine is on the right, near a table with a scale and boxes of fruit, under an awning. On the left is a car near the curb. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A two-door sedan is parked in front of the market, near a large sign. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Staff of the Joint Distribution Committtee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp... |
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