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Upside Down Smile Sign

Date: 1959
Description: Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it.
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Farmer Cultivates Field with Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1959
Description: View towards a farmer on a Farmall Cub tractor with attached cultivator.
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Tractors in front of IH Dealership

Date: 1959
Description: International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) in front of an International Harvester dealership. One of the digging attachments has teeth painted on it.
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Philleo Nash on Elephant

Date: 1959
Description: Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Philleo Nash, a Democrat, riding on an elephant during the annual Circus Parade.
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Main Street

Date: 1959
Description: View of Main Street, lined with the fire department, city clerk's office, and Pugh's Battery - Electric Shop.
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Street with Bridge in Darlington

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of street with bridge in Darlington. Cars are parked in the center of the street at an angle.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parish

Date: 1959
Description: Aerial view of the church (built in 1928), the rectory (built in 1876), the school (built in 1958), and the convent (built in 1941). Also includes a view ...
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Fort Dells

Date: 1959
Description: An architect's model of Fort Dells. This is not an accurate historical reconstruction, but was built as a tourist attraction. There was never an actual for...
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Kilbourn Hydroelectric Plant

Date: 1959
Description: The Kilbourn Hydroelectric Plant of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company.
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Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1959
Description: Fort Dells, an architect's model. This is not an accurate historic reconstuction but was built as a tourist attraction. There was never an actual fort at ...
Postcard

Old Indian Burying Grounds

Date: 1959
Description: Caption reads: "Old Indian Burying Grounds LaPointe Wisconsin."
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Wilson Boycott Parade

Date: 1959
Description: As part of a statewide boycott of Wilson products, delegates to the State Federation of Labor in Cedar Rapids participate in an automobile parade. One car-...
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Langholff House

Date: 1959
Description: Exterior view of the Langholff house.
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Woman's Building

Date: 1959
Description: Woman's Building, one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is believed to have been built in 1842 by John Folsom, an early settler and farmer on the hei...
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Purdy House

Date: 1959
Description: View from street of the Purdy house, Portage, Wisconsin. A stone wall runs along the sidewalk, topped with an iron fence.
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Strikers' Message

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co.
Map or Atlas

Sawyer County Map

Date: 1959
Description: Sawyer County. Land use inventory map.
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Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Central Building. Seven story building with a walkway connecting to the second floor over the road on the right. Cars are parked in front...
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Elevated View of Lake Monona

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view looking east from shoreline of Lake Monona towards Monona shoreline. There is a road, railroad tracks, and a rocky beach area with parked au...
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Lake Monona

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view looking south over Lake Monona. Shoreline and automobiles in parking lot in lower right, next to a road. Railroad tracks cross the lake and b...

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