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Madeline Island Historical Museum Under Construction

Date: 1956
Description: Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin...
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International Tractors and Truck

Date: 1956
Description: Color photograph of two men and a woman in a field with a pink pickup truck, a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and a Farmall tractor.
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Workers Service Oil Field Equipment

Date: 1956
Description: Color photograph of two men servicing oil field equipment. An International model RDF-192 truck owned by "Dowell" is parked in the foreground.
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Far View School

Date: 1956
Description: View of the front of Far View School.
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House with Rear Extension

Date: 1956
Description: House with typical extension in rear.
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Former Flour Mill

Date: 1956
Description: The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po...
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Former Flour Mill

Date: 1956
Description: The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po...
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Bloomington High School

Date: 1956
Description: High school. Caption reads: "High School, Bloomington Wis."
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Cedarburg Mill

Date: 1956
Description: Cedarburg Mill in winter.
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Hazelwood

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of Hazelwood, the home of Morgan L. Martin. Morgan Lewis Martin served as county judge of Brown County from 1875 until his death in 1887.
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Tank Cottage

Date: 1956
Description: Front view of the Tank Cottage with a stone fence and gate in the foreground. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it un...
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Tallman House

Date: 1956
Description: View across lawn towards the front and right side of the Tallman House. Caption reads: "Tallman Homestead, Janesville, Wisconsin".
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Moose Club Christmas Party

Date: 1956
Description: Four women in front of a Christmas tree at the Moose Club Christmas party.
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Waelderhaus

Date: 1956
Description: The Waelderhaus a memorial planned for John Michael Kohler the founder of the Kohler Company, by his daughter, Marie Christine Kohler. Waelderhaus is a rep...
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Milwaukee Fender Bender

Date: 1956
Description: Passers-by help move a disabled vehicle after an automobile accident on Wisconsin Avenue.
Postcard

Little Norway Kitchen

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of the kitchen at "Little Norway." Log building with a turf roof. Caption reads: "The Kitchen - Little Norway - Mt. Horeb, Wis."
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Senator and Mrs. McCarthy

Date: 1956
Description: Senator and Mrs. Joseph R. McCarthy at the Gateway Hotel in Land O'Lakes.
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Queen of Peace Church

Date: 1956
Description: A wintery view of the rectory of the Queen of Peace church lacated at 418 Holly Avenue.
Postcard

Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1956
Description: Color postcard view looking down at the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the backgroun...
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Brinks Armored Truck in Chicago

Date: 1956
Description: International RD-190 (?) truck with an armored body, operated by the Brinks Express Company on Lake Shore Drive. Parked cars and a pedestrian are in the ba...

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