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Family in their Living Room

Date: 1955
Description: Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set.
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Parade of Homes

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Midvale neighborhood under construction near Madison's southwestern city limits. The view is focused on the area bounded by Tokay Boulevard,...
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The Braley House

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior of the Braley family house located at 422 North Henry Street in which Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote "Laugh And The World Laughs With You, Cry and You ...
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Pushing the Lawn Mower

Date: 1955
Description: A man who does odd jobs around his neighborhood mows a banked lawn.
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Family at Home

Date: 1955
Description: A mother posing with her seven children in the living room of their home.
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St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Men and a boy examining a prototype "Tractor of the Future" in an exhibit during the St. Cloud combine promotion. Signs hanging around the display read: "L...
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IH Exhibit at Plowing Contest

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's exhibit of agricultural machinery at the Wabash plowing contest. Includes a Farmall 400 tractor (with Electrall?...
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Library Reading Room

Date: 1955
Description: A view of the Library Reading Room in 1955, after the modernization of the 1950s was complete. Most prominent is the division of the room into functional ...
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Langlade County Memorial Hospital

Date: 1955
Description: The Langlade County Memorial Hospital.
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Langlade County Memorial Hospital

Date: 1955
Description: Langlade County Memorial Hospital.
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Log House in Deer Park

Date: 1955
Description: Small log house near Edgewood School in Deer Park.
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Aerial View of Neighborhood near Atwood Avenue

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Atwood Avenue, looking west towards Winnebago Street and "Schenk's Corners."
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Tank Cottage

Date: 1955
Description: View of Tank Cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it was purchased by Jacques Porlier. Later...
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Tank Cottage

Date: 1955
Description: View of Tank Cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it was purchased by Jacques Porlier. Later...
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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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Tallman House

Date: 1955
Description: View across lawn towards the front entrance and right side of the Tallman House.
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Tallman House

Date: 1955
Description: View of the front and left side of the Tallman House from the front garden.
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Tallman House

Date: 1955
Description: View of Tallman House from the street.
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Old House

Date: 1955
Description: An old house about two miles north of Wisconsin Dells.
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Bassett House

Date: 1955
Description: The Bassett House in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

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