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Dedication of Wisconsin's First Expressway

Date: 09 04 1958
Description: Dedication of Wisconsin's first expressway, a seven-mile stretch of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Presiding at the ribbon-cutting ...
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Wisconsin Four Lane Highway

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view of a newly opened divided four lane highway.
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Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
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Accident Scene on Hwy 12-18

Date: 09 04 1938
Description: Accident scene on Highway 12-18 one-half mile east of the Dane County fairgrounds. Close-up of front of automobile, with bicycle under the car. Katherine B...
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Wrecked Chevrolet

Date: 10 23 1937
Description: Close-up of damaged Chevrolet in a ditch next to Highway 12 near Highway KP & Roxbury, looking north, with a farmstead in the background.
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Dow's Store and Texaco Station

Date: 1946
Description: Two men pose outside Dow's store and filling station on Highway 77.
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Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the interstate highway near Mirror Lake, showing only the early stages of the bridge construction.
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Through the Windshield

Date: 07 21 1972
Description: A section of the Wisconsin Interstate I-90/94 in Juneau County as most motorists know it - through the windshield.
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Expressway Exhibit in Transportation Building

Date: 08 1948
Description: Exhibit in the Transportation Building at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition, which included this model from the U.S. Public Roads Association. The model ...
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Automobile Exhaust

Date: 02 1977
Description: Automobile exhaust on a cold February morning in Milwaukee.
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Old I-94 Bridge at Twilight

Date: 06 1977
Description: A view of the St. Croix River crossing at Hudson during the development of the Interstate Bridge. The old eastbound bridge seen here was built in 1951 whil...
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Interstate Dedication

Date: 10 06 1961
Description: Dedication ceremony for a section of Interstate Highway I-90 near the Wisconsin Dells, with a group of Native Americans watching from above. A Dells Fargo ...
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World Trade Center from Parking Lot

Date: 1969
Description: View of the construction of the World Trade Center from a nearby parking lot.
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Construction Truck

Date: 1969
Description: A man is driving a construction truck in the shadow cast by what appears to be an elevated highway. A sign for the "Brooklyn Battery Tunnel" is on one of t...
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The Triangle Filling Station

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Triangle filling station on Highway 12, which sold gasoline, ice, and other items. A man stands in front by the gas pump, and a map of...
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Ramp on U.S. Highway 41

Date: 1977
Description: A car going up ramp, northbound on USH 41.
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Don't Buy Scab Meat

Date: 11 1955
Description: United Packinghouse Workers of America picketers protest the hiring of temporary scab labor by the Colonial Provisions Company. Although no location or dat...
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Henry Hudson Parkway

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view from steep hill of vehicles traveling on the tree-lined Henry Hudson Parkway.
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International Heavy S-2 Cement Mixer

Date: 1984
Description: An International heavy S-2 cement mixer painted orange is at the top of a hill. In the background is a highway, part of which is under construction.
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Lucky Lager Truck on Highway

Date: 1961
Description: An International DF 405 truck owned by Lucky Lager drives down a highway away. The Lucky Lager factory is in the background.

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