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| Date: | 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Pontiac Silver Streak station wagon decorated with a Wisconsin Steel Works banner parked along a curb before Chicago's East Side Centennial Parade. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Men and women work at the campaign headquarters for the Douglass MacArthur campaign for president. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Fairgoers ride a tractor-drawn passenger wagon at the Fair. In the background is the Sky King roller coaster. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Tallman Homestead Marker. There are automobiles parked along the curb in the background. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | View towards the front entrance of 524 North Henry Street. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | The official Wisconsin marker of Shake Rag Street and the committee of citizens who sponsored placing the marker. (Left to right): Ross Graves, President o... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Sunday morning traffic on the corner of Washington and South 8th Streets in Manitowoc. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | The Miller house, 3500 University Avenue. Only the foundation is left, with a sign that reads: "Rooms For Travelers." |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Parade float with a replica of the "First Blast Furnace in the Calumet District" for Wisconsin Steel Works. The parade was Chicago's East Side Centennial c... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union on March 29, 1951, and sentenced to death. The climate surrounding their trial wa... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Avenue at Sixth Street, looking east from near the front of the Milwaukee Public Library (left foreground). Taken at night; lighted clocks read 9... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A female mannequin kneels behind ten color swatches for refrigerator door handles. Text on the display reads, "Pick a Color from the Rainbow!" and "Refrige... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Two female mannequins are standing with an International Harvester freezer and refrigerator. This display may have been at the International Harvester head... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Parade float with a replica of the "first blast furnace in the Calumet district, built in 1875, the forerunner of Wisconsin Steel Works." The float is hitc... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Side view of a Joseph H. Brown Iron & Steel Company International Harvester truck decorated with flags and banners for Chicago's East Side Centennial Parad... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the trading post at Willie's White Birch Lodge. Fishing lures are on display on the back wall behind a counter with signs that read: "Pat'... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A street scene in Berlin that shows the damage caused by wartime bombing. A banner or billboard on the damaged building on the right is advertising a film ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of pedestrians at the harbor at Istanbul, Turkey. |
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