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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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Frank G. Hough Company Offices

Date: 1955
Description: Entrance to the offices of the Frank G. Hough Company, which became a subsidiary of International Harvester Company.
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Exterior of Post Office

Date: 1955
Description: View across street towards the Post Office.
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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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Rennebohm's No. 5 at Schenk's Corners

Date: 1955
Description: The Rennebohm Drug Store #5, located at 2000 Atwood Avenue, Schenk's Corners from 1952-1961. It was previously located at 1951 Winnebago Street. This store...
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West Doty Street

Date: 1955
Description: West Doty Street, from Monona Avenue looking toward South Carroll Street, showing the back side of Madison Newspapers, Inc. The building was added on to in...
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Tallman House

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

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

Date: 1955
Description: Originally the Charles Riley house, 21 West Gilman Street. Historian Frederick Jackson Turner lived in the house in 1890.
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Polperro House

Date: 1955
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was...
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Post Office

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of a post office. Caption reads: "Post Office — Walworth, Wisconsin".
Postcard

North High School

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of North High School.
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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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Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the Johnson Wax research tower.
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Johnson Wax Administration and Research Center

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the Johnson Wax Administration and Research Center.
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Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece

Date: 1955
Description: Barlow "Chalet of the Golden Fleece," New Glarus, Wisconsin. Home of Edwin Barlow, now city museum. Two women are standing in front of the house.
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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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Osborn House

Date: 1955
Description: View from street towards the residence of J.H. Osborn. Snow is on the ground. Osborn moved to Oshkosh permanently in 1844 from New York City. He farmed, tr...
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Regent Street and West Washington Avenue Intersection

Date: 1955
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the intersection of Regent Street and West Washington Avenue.
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Man at a Parking Meter

Date: 1955
Description: Man inserting a coin in a parking meter.

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