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Frank Lloyd Wright's Funeral Procession

Date: 1959
Description: Panoramic view of the funeral procession of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, with Taliesin seen in the center background. Following the farm wagon hearse are ...
Photograph

Farmer Cultivates Field with Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1959
Description: View towards a farmer on a Farmall Cub tractor with attached cultivator.
Photograph

Nikita Khrushchev Visits Iowa Farm

Date: 1959
Description: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev inspecting hogs on a farm. Khrushchev is accompanied by Roswell "Bob" Garst and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge.
Postcard

Old Indian Burying Grounds

Date: 1959
Description: Caption reads: "Old Indian Burying Grounds LaPointe Wisconsin."
Photograph

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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Livestock Exposition Shampoo

Date: 1959
Description: Competitors in the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition washing their animals outdoors before the judging.
Photograph

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.
Book or Pamphlet

Farmall 340 Tractor Brochure

Date: 1959
Description: Advertising brochure for Farmall and Utility 340 tractors featuring color illustration of man on tractor.
Map or Atlas

Sawyer County Map

Date: 1959
Description: Sawyer County. Land use inventory map.
Photograph

Ike and Smith Children

Date: 1959
Description: President Eisenhower greets the children of reporter Merriman Smith at his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The photograph is undated, but as Christian He...
Postcard

Monkey Island

Date: 1959
Description: Monkey Island, a popular attraction at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). It was built in the 1930s as a WPA project and modeled after one in the Hagen...
Photograph

Parking Lot of International Metro Trucks

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view looking over a parking lot full of International Metro trucks. Factory buildings are in the background.
Photograph

International Metro Trucks in Parking Lot

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of International Metro trucks filling up a parking lot.
Photograph

International Metro Trucks

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of International Metro trucks in a parking lot beside factory buildings.
Photograph

International Metro Trucks

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of International Metro trucks in a parking lot beside factory buildings.
Photograph

International Metro Trucks in Parking Lot

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of International Metro trucks in a parking lot beside factory buildings.
Photograph

International Metro Trucks Near Overpass

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of International Metro trucks parked beside a highway overpass. A group of cars are parked in the background on the left.
Photograph

International Metro Trucks in Parking Lot

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of International Metro trucks parked in a lot beside factory buildings.
Photograph

Juan Almeida Bosque on a Picnic in Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: Juan Almeida Bosque, operating chief of the Cuban airforce, and a small group having a picnic in the countryside of Cuba. Three soldiers in fatigues are si...
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People in Countryside, Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: A man wearing a straw hat is sitting on the ground holding a baby in the countryside in Cuba. A woman sitting behind him is looking at the photographer. Th...

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