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Mifflin Street at Capitol Square

Date: 1955
Description: Bus traveling down Mifflin Street on Capitol Square. Moseleys, Woldenbergs and Walgreen's Drugs are on the right.
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Aztalan Museum

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Aztalan museum.
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Aerial View of Isthmus

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of the isthmus looking north.
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Gays Mills Apple Orchards

Date: 1955
Description: View of a Wisconsin Historical Marker about the orchards.
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Wade House

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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Kaukauna Public Library

Date: 1955
Description: View across street towards the Kaukauna Public Library.
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Aerial View of Town and Mississippi River

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of river and town from a military airplane.
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Lake Tomahawk

Date: 1955
Description: The shore of Lake Tomahawk.
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Milton House

Date: 1955
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...
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Jacob Karlan Block

Date: 1955
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...
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Striking Sugar Workers

Date: 1955
Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by u...
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Snowy Street

Date: 1955
Description: Snowy street. On the opposite side of the street is a sign on a building for "Repp's Bar".
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East Washington Avenue

Date: 1955
Description: Slightly elevated view of East Washington Avenue at Union Corners (Milwaukee Street & North Street) when it first opened after its expansion.
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Bacteriology Laboratory Building Hallway

Date: 1955
Description: Interior hallway through glass windows of doorways in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Laboratory building.
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Sporting Goods Strike

Date: 1955
Description: Employees of the Wilson Sporting Goods Company in suburban Chicago are Bob Pickles and Ed Cronk. The men were representing the United Packinghouse Workers ...
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International S-120 Ice Cream Supply Truck

Date: 1955
Description: International Model S-120 truck used by Border's Ice Cream for deliveries. A delivery man stands near the passenger door of the truck holding some of the p...
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Art Fair

Date: 1955
Description: Prospective buyers examine artwork at an art fair at City Park.
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Plat Maps of Newton Township in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Showing Land Ownership, Mortgages, and Soils

Date: 1955
Description: These 24 plat maps of the Town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, show soil type; mortgages in force as of January 1, 1932; land warrants holders; mor...
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Santa Claus in Downtown Hillsboro

Date: 1955
Description: A man dressed as Santa Claus leans down from an open car to hand sacks of candy to a crowd of warmly-dressed children and parents. Santa's visit took place...
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Wil-Kil Pest Control

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the Wil-Kil Pest Control building at 705 Williamson Street. The sign above the entrance features a rat and a cockroach depicted in neon.

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