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Aerial Photo of Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International Harvester through the 1970's ...
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International Harvester Earthmover at Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: International Harvester 27-75 earthmover being demonstrated in front of a grandstand at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, t...
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Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: Bird's-eye view of International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International Harvester through the 197...
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Nora Store and Service Station

Date: 1953
Description: Corner store at Nora on Highway 12 & 18 near Cambridge which sold not only gasoline but also ice cream and soda pop for weary travelers. The Highway Depart...
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Little Norway

Date: 1953
Description: Gardens of "Little Norway."
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Villa Louis

Date: 1953
Description: Villa Louis, the mansion of Hercules Dousman.
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Mazzuchelli's Chapel

Date: 1953
Description: Father Mazzuchelli's chapel, St. Augustine's, built before 1850, one of the earliest Catholic churches in Wisconsin.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: French Cemetery, showing grave of Alice Irene Shoemaker who died in January of 1862. Calvary Cemetery is in the background.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: French Cemetery, Father Dunand, May 8, 1817.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: French Cemetery, showing the grave of Mrs. Alexander Gardipe.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: Two graves in the French Cemetery.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: Tombstone of Jean Joseph Rolette, first agent of the American Fur Company at this post, in the French Cemetery.
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Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1953
Description: View from bridge over the river towards the Diamond Jo warehouse on the shoreline. Hills are in the distance.
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Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1953
Description: Elevated view over the long roof of the Diamond Jo warehouse. The Mississippi River is on the left, and hills are in the background.
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Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1953
Description: Elevated view from bridge of the Diamond Jo warehouse along the Mississippi River shoreline.
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League of Women Voters

Date: 1953
Description: League Of Women Voters at a United Nations Day table. Shown, left to right, are: Janet Berger, Grace Shaw, Carolyn Wilds, and Joyce Erdman.
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Boy at Rootbeer Stand

Date: 1953
Description: Young boy with a rootbeer float moustache standing in the parking lot of a rootbeer stand.
Book or Pamphlet

Anti-Communist Literature

Date: 1953
Description: "It Can Happen Here," a pamphlet distributed by the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade. The CACC was founded by Fred C. Schwartz in 1953, the peak of the ant...
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Clemency for the Rosenbergs

Date: 1953
Description: Convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg received a death sentence in 1951, not long after Joseph R. McCarthy burst into the headlines with his charges a...
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R-110 Truck

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of an International Harvester standard model R-110 truck with a pickup body and ADA-RAK travels down a wooded road.

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