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| Date: | 06 27 1980 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a pharmacy advertising "Low Cost Drugs." The building also has a painted advertisement for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. |
| Date: | 04 06 1985 |
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| Description: | Young men performing skateboard handstands on downtown sidewalks. |
| Date: | 06 26 1986 |
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| Description: | Kids make a "train," with the bicyclist in the front pulling three girls on roller skates along a sidewalk. |
| Date: | 07 11 1981 |
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| Description: | A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. |
| Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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| Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
| Date: | 01 23 1989 |
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| Description: | A man cowers in mock awe before Kodiak, a 14,000 pound Ford Silverado rigged with six-foot-tall tires and an extra heavy-duty suspension. The truck compet... |
| Date: | 02 25 1988 |
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| Description: | A man hands out information while holding a sign reading "Stop All Nuclear Testing" in front of the Reuss Federal Building. |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Road Shops, formerly the foundery, at 3301 West Canal Street. |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | View of downtown Wausau looking east from the Scott Street Bridge. |
| Date: | 03 24 1983 |
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| Description: | Newspaper clipping showing the demolishing of the Long House. The man on the right is believed to be M.V. Adkins, son of Chester Adkins, the last survivor ... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Fond du Lac Avenue (State Highway 145) exit from Interstate I-43 in Milwaukee. As originally conceived, the interstate system in Wisconsin was to consist ... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Duluth-Superior Bridge, officially named in honor of Richard I. Bong, World War II's Ace of Aces, who hailed from nearby Poplar, Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Employees of the General Motors plant in head to work. |
| Date: | 11 12 1981 |
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| Description: | The Crescent Garage. Although the photograph dates from 1981, the curb-side gas pumps are a throwback to the early days of gas stations. The Crescent Garag... |
| Date: | 1989 |
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| Description: | Red Ford Mustangs are a center of attention at the 1989 Iola Old Car Show. |
| Date: | 05 1989 |
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| Description: | Detail of "Resources of Wisconsin," painted by Edwin Howland Blashfield, inside the Wisconsin State Capitol. A woman representing Wisconsin is enthroned on... |
| Date: | 05 1989 |
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| Description: | Detail of "Resources of Wisconsin," painted by Edwin Howland Blashfield, inside the Wisconsin State Capitol. A woman is depicted holding a bunch of grapes... |
| Date: | 11 1983 |
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| Description: | "Resources of Wisconsin," a painting by Edwin Howland Blashfield. The painting is in the inner dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol, and is painted in a seg... |
| Date: | 12 1983 |
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| Description: | Skylight in the Wisconsin State Capitol, over the main stairs to the second floor. The figure in the center is an eagle in a wreath, which is an allegory o... |
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