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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A homestead built in 1844, and hence a "century homestead" in Rock Prairie. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Barlass barn in Rock Prairie, built in 1861, thought to be the largest stone barn remaining in Wisconsin. The stone for this barn was hauled from Carver's... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A view looking northeast along Main Street from near its intersection with Monona Avenue on Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by Joseph Goodrich and turned into a... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View of two houses (108 N. Blount and 102 N. Blount) on North Blount Street taken from Market Place showing a corner of the City Market on the left. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | The Jacob Karlan block, built in 1893 on the north side of Monroe Street. The Karlan block was erected on the site of the old United States Hotel, adjoinin... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Co. building. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Johnson Wax research tower. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Johnson Wax Administration and Research Center. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Interior hallway view of the Johnson Wax Co. building. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Midvale Avenue and Odana Boulevard. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | The Ludlow Hotel, built by Arabut Ludlow and razed in 1955. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & Northwestern Railway crossing on Monona Bay, the site of the old MX tower. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Blacktopping a new Madison residential street. Construction of the ranch-style houses in the background is almost complete. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A construction crew blacktopping a Madison residential street. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Lower Dells boats and docks covered with pollution from the paper mills up north. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | This open-cab, engine-forward pumper built by Peter Pirsch & Son of Kenosha for the City of Owatonna, probably dates from about 1955, the year in which the... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | TD-9 International Superior crawler tractor loading South African crop onto a wagon with the attached side loader. A man is driving the tractor, and a chil... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Castle Rock Dam on the Wisconsin River. |
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