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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a family and their dog preparing for their descent down the hill on a toboggan. From left to right, Gene Anderson (my uncle), Betsy Marqu... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Man harvesting cotton with a McCormick 220 cotton picker. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A man is using a Farmall 450 tractor to load a McCormick No. 21 manure spreader that's attached to a Farmall 350 tractor in a snow-covered farm yard. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across intersection of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station at Blair and Wilson Streets. Three tall chimneys from the MG&E plant can be seen ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Curlers sweep in front of a stone during a curling match. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Senator and Mrs. Joseph R. McCarthy at the Gateway Hotel in Land O'Lakes. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A wintery view of the rectory of the Queen of Peace church lacated at 418 Holly Avenue. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking on downtown street with traffic, in winter. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Night view of a Shell service station with Christmas decorations. There are tree branch swags on the building and on the poles and light fixture around the... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Certificate for Gisholt Ice Chippers, with a cartoon of group of fishermen, milling about turned over wine bottles and cheering as an oil rig gushes fish o... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Snow scene of a lane line on each side with timber fences, possibly a bridge. Trees are overhead and in the distance. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A harvest moon over a farm. Fence posts are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Winter scene at Brown Deer Park of snow-covered pine trees, with a view of a building in the distance between the trees. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A boat rack is silhouetted against the lake and a dramatic sky. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Snow covered skis are lined up against the porch railing while their owners are taking a break in the ski lodge. Pine trees can barely be seen in the dista... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A mailman is trudging through the snow with his loaded mailbag. A city street and buildings are barely visible through the snow. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Snow is mounded on top of pilings on the edge of the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Fresh snow on the wooded banks of the Fox River. |
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