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Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
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World Series Traffic Jam

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of city traffic of bumper-to-bumper cars leaving Milwaukee County Stadium after the 1957 World Series.
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Brule River Monument

Date: 1930
Description: View of bridge and Brule River monument. Placed where the Brule River is crossed by the Memorial Highway from Superior to Brule and Ashland (Highway 2).
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Aerial View of Town and Highway

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view of town and Highway 66.
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Highway through Iron River

Date: 1935
Description: View of Iron River along the highway.
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Bridge in Lake Delton

Date: 1930
Description: Bridge on U.S. highway 12.
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Marquette Interchange

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view of early construction at the Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee, the junction of Interstate Highways I94 and I43. Construction began in 1964, ...
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Marquette Interchange

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Description: Aerial view of the first Marquette Interchange, photographed some time after its completion in 1968.
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Interstate I-43

Date: 1981
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 ...
Photograph

Hoan Bridge to Nowhere

Date: 04 01 1975
Description: The bridge over the Milwaukee Harbor named in honor of former Mayor Daniel Hoan. The bridge was constructed between 1970 and 1972, but during the period de...
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Aerial View Looking North

Date: 1950
Description: Divided highway is South Chase Avenue between West Lincoln Avenue (2300) and East Oklahoma Avenue (3100).
Photograph

Aerial View of Arboretum and Isthmus

Date: 1961
Description: View over beltline of University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum along Lake Wingra. Lake Mendota is on upper left, and Lake Monona is on the right, with the...
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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...
Map or Atlas

Map of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1946
Description: Map of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, shows towns, cities and villages, roads and highways, railroads, schools, lighthouses, place names, town divisions, comm...
Map or Atlas

Iron Snow Shoe Trail

Date: 1970
Description: A map showing highlighted snowmobile trails, ice crossings, and supporting businesses in the towns of Stephenson and Silver Cliff in Marinette County and ...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Utility of Land in Milwaukee Township

Date: 1914
Description: A hand-drawn and colored map of the Milwaukee Township, showing how lands were used, included are parks, cemeteries, private grounds, and speculative land....
Map or Atlas

Sheboygan County Highway System

Date: 1934
Description: This 1930s highway map of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, shows roads, the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, and streams, lakes, ...
Map or Atlas

Dells of Wisconsin : the Summer Playground of the Middle West

Date: 1930
Description: This pictorial map from the first half of the 20th century shows the landmarks, highways, rail lines, and cities and villages in the vicinity of the Wiscon...
Map or Atlas

Map of Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: Shows county system of roads which are surfaced, well graded, common, or unimproved, town roads, state trunk highways, town and village boundaries, schools...
Map or Atlas

Map of Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: Shows county system of roads which are surfaced, well graded, common, or unimproved, town roads, state trunk highways, town and village boundaries, schools...

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