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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

Politician with Menominee Indians

Date: 1959
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Alfred A. Laun (R.) of Kiel, participating in what appears to be a square dance with Menominee Indians and others. This image is pa...
Photograph

220-A Self-Propelled Cotton Picker

Date: 1959
Description: Man harvesting cotton with a McCormick 220-A self-propelled cotton picker.
Photograph

Philleo Nash on Elephant

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

Men Look Under Hood of International A-120 Truck

Date: 1959
Description: Two men looking under the hood of an International A-120 4x4 pickup. A camper trailer is parked beside them on the right.
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Langholff House

Date: 1959
Description: Exterior view of the Langholff house.
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Taliesin Garages

Date: 1959
Description: Exterior view of Taliesin showing garages with several parked cars. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Trailers in Chula Vista

Date: 1959
Description: Wally Byam Caravan of Airstream trailers in a group on a field across from Chula Vista.
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.
Photograph

Aerial View of Lower Campus

Date: 1959
Description: Aerial view over University Avenue of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Chadbourne Hall, built 1958-1959, is in the lower foreground, the Wisconsin H...
Postcard

Aerial View of Boulder Junction

Date: 1959
Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of town. There is a lake in the background in the upper left.
Photograph

International Harvester Combine Production

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of a line of combines loaded on open railroad cars on tracks on one side of a wet and snowy dirt road at International Harvester's East Molin...
Photograph

Limousine on Havana Street

Date: 1959
Description: Parked limousine with open doors on a Havana street at the end of the Cuban Revolution. Two men in the foreground appear to be taking photographs of the ve...
Photograph

International Metro Trucks

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

Camaguey Airport, Cuba with Juan Almeida Bosque

Date: 1959
Description: A group of soldiers, including Juan Almeida Bosque (center), operating chief of the Cuban Air Force, are standing outside of Camaguey Airport, Cuba. The so...
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...
Photograph

Safehouse Motel

Date: 1959
Description: Motel that was formerly a clandestine safe-house for the 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution. Parking lot with a blue car in front of a pink,...
Photograph

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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