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Shawano Airport

Date: 1951
Description: Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i...
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Grignon House

Date: 1951
Description: The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on...
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Monument

Date: 1951
Description: View of a monument in Voree, Wisconsin.
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Martin Luther Children's Home

Date: 1951
Description: Exterior view across lawn towards the Martin Luther Children's Home. Caption reads: "Martin Luther Children's Home, Stoughton, Wis."
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Marker, Perrot State Park

Date: 1951
Description: A marker commemorating the French fort erected by Rene Godefrey, Sieur de Linctot, which exisited on this site between 1731-1736. It is thought that the si...
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House at 1607 Porter Avenue

Date: 1951
Description: View of the house at 1607 Porter Avenue shortly after construction. The home was built by Willard Droster.
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Lewis Arms in a DeSoto Automobile

Date: 1951
Description: Lewis Arms is sitting in the driver's seat of a 1941(?) DeSoto automobile owned by Joe Brown, as his friend Booker T (standing) looks on. They are at James...
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Uncle Walter Arms and Elinora

Date: 1951
Description: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.) stands in the snow and shoots a rifle, while Walter Arms, uncle of Lewis Arms, looks on.
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Lewis Arms and Infant Lewis Arms, Jr.

Date: 1951
Description: Lewis Arms stands at Brittingham Park holding his infant son Lewis Arms, Jr.
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Bayview Cottages, Lake Arbutus

Date: 1951
Description: Cottages among the pines at Lake Arbutus. Caption reads: "Bayview Cottages, Lake Arbutus, Hatfield, Wis."
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Filming of "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: The crew resting on the set of the 1951 film "The African Queen." Katharine Hepburn, holding an umbrella, is standing and talking to someone in the center ...
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Boat from "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Cast and crew of the 1951 film "The African Queen" on a boat, preparing to film a scene. They are floating on a body of water, with trees behind them. Acto...
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Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Crew, in foreground, filming a scene for the 1951 film "The African Queen." Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are in a boat with a microphone over thei...
Postcard

Rock Ledge

Date: 1951
Description: Text on reverse reads: "'Rock Ledge' Wisconsin's most picturesque gift shop located on the historical site at the Falls of the Sheboygan River, Sheboygan F...

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