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La Crosse Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The 400 Cass Street gas station was first constructed in 1928 and later became a Pure Oil station, when it was reopened by Henry Ott, in 1937.
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Manawa Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This service station, located at 301 South Bridge Street, was built in Manawa during the late 1930s as new, more efficient station designs were constructed...
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Grand Opening Gas Sale Advertisement

Date: 2008
Description: Advertisement for the Parman Brothers Super Service Station grand opening featuring their dad and the station he built.
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Severson's Service Station Calendar

Date: 2008
Description: This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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Stoughton Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: View of Stoughton Opera House stage, advertising curtain and boxes from front of auditorium.
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Stoughton Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Close-up of replica chandelier in Stoughton Opera House.
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David A. Marcou

Date: 2008
Description: David A. Marcou, father of the photographer, and meat-cutter, stands underneath a sign in a store.
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Mother and Child at Woodman's Grocery Store

Date: 2008
Description: A child is sitting in a shopping cart while her mother is looking over frozen goods at a grocery store.
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Lifke Candle Business

Date: 2004
Description: The Lifkes have started a sideline business making candles. The business, called "Field of Light Soy Candle Co.," features candles made from soy wax.
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Baseball Team Owner

Date: 10 24 2012
Description: La Crosse Loggers baseball team owner Dan Kapanke, at a Republican Election Rally at La Crosse County Republican Headquarters. He is a former Wisconsin Sta...
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Grain Elevators

Date: 2013
Description: Large round grain elevators near 3rd Street. On the right are two billboards advertising "Ballweg Midwest Toyota" and "Boys & Girls Clubs." In the foregrou...
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Girl Scout Cookies

Date: 02 2014
Description: Girl Scouts selling cookies at Festival Foods on Copeland Avenue.
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Map of Waupun, Wisconsin, City of Sculpture

Date: 2008
Description: This double sided map shows roads, railroads, biking trails, civil townships, parks, wildlife refuges, town halls, and hospitals. The region map covers par...
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Downtown Blanchardville

Date: 04 19 2012
Description: A view of the downtown area on a rainy day. The Woodford State Bank is on the left, and the street is lined with various storefronts and taverns. There is ...
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Waiting in Line

Date: 09 2013
Description: The bronze and plaster sculpture by George Segal depiciting five men waiting in a bread line at a door. The sculpture is on the rooftop garden of the Madis...
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Shoppers and Strollers

Date: 06 2014
Description: Crowd of men and women walking on the sidewalk along a row of booths selling farm produce.
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Michael Petyo with a News Reporter

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Michael Petyo is shaking hands with a reporter from 12 News, as a camera operator is filming them. Petyo is wearing a suit and a red flower pin. Another ma...
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Donald Trump Bus

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View across intersection towards a large black bus in front of the U.W. Milwaukee Panther Arena. On the bus is an advertisement for Donald Trump's book ...
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His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

Date: 2007
Description: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama at the Madison Club at a fundraising event for the new Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple.
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South Side State Bank Building

Date: 2000
Description: The former South Side State Bank building at 330 West Lakeside Street during renovation. The bank opened in 1920 and closed between 1933 and 1937. Some of ...

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