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Rennebohms on Odana Road

Date: 1979
Description: Steven O. Kimbrough outside the Rennebohm Drug Store No. 20, 6725 Odana Road, with the Beltline in the distance. In 1970 Kimbrough and photographer Chuck P...
Book or Pamphlet

International Paystar F-5000 WWM Truck Brochure

Date: 1979
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International Paystar Weight-Watcher F-5000 WWM construction trucks. Features a color photograph of a cement mix...
Photograph

Khomeini Drive 55 Billboard

Date: 1979
Description: Billboard urging Wisconsin motorists to obey the 55 miles per hour speed limit that is illustrated with a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, the spiritual lea...
Print

International Harvester Advertising Proof

Date: 1979
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of a man and woman having lunch nex...
Photograph

Villa Louis

Date: 1979
Description: Villa Louis, home of Hercules Dousman.
Photograph

Apostle Islands Tour

Date: 1979
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson, Dave Obey, and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, walk along a beach with a park ranger during a tour of the Apostle Islands. ...
Photograph

When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey introduces a local resident (back to camera), to President Jimmy Carter. Many photographers stand around the edge of the group and a...
Photograph

When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter stands in the open rear passenger door of a car to wave to a crowd of spectators during a visit to Congressman David R. Obey's homet...
Photograph

Pro-Life Demonstrators

Date: 1979
Description: A group of pro-life demonstrators holding protest signs assembled to greet President Jimmy Carter during a visit to Wausau. The group is confined behind ba...
Photograph

Welcome Peace President Jimmy Carter

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter's visit meant extra duty for the local police force. An elevated sign in the background reads "Newman High School, Welcome, Peace Pr...
Photograph

Out for Lunch

Date: 1979
Description: The driver helps a senior citizen board the bus after a lunch at the Medford Senior Center.
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President Carter, Up Close and Personal

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter shaking hands in Wausau, while the Secret Service (left) keeps watch.
Photograph

Saving Energy

Date: 1979
Description: During a tour of his district Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey visited various sites where energy-saving projects were underway. Here a workman on a lad...
Photograph

Saving Energy with Insulation

Date: 1979
Description: During an energy tour of his district Congressman Obey visited various sites to observe projects to increase energy efficiency. Here a workman is preparing...
Photograph

Apostle Islands Tour

Date: 1979
Description: David and Joan Obey (right) with Senator Gaylord Nelson (2nd from left) and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus (on Nelson's left) on an Apostle Islands...
Photograph

Scouts at Toyota Dealership

Date: 1979
Description: Scouts parked outdoors at a Toyota Dealership,
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Toyota Dealership

Date: 1979
Description: View from across road of a Toyota dealership.
Photograph

1420 Axial Flow Combine

Date: 1979
Description: Elevated view of a man operating a 1420 Axial Flow combine and emptying the grain tank.
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1420 Combine Detail

Date: 1979
Description: Exterior outdoor shot of a 1420 combine, detail.
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1420 Combine Detail

Date: 1979
Description: Man standing next to the combine to raise a door.

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