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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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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.
Map or Atlas

Map of Trunk Highway System of Wisconsin

Date: 1918
Description: "The playground of the Middle West." Showing the Numbered and Marked State Trunk Highway System and the Principal Secondary Highways; also locates Points o...
Photograph

Automobile Exhaust

Date: 02 1977
Description: Automobile exhaust on a cold February morning in Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin Highway Map

Date: 1913
Description: Wisconsin map showing fifteen hundred miles of national highways proposed by the National Highways Association. Scale: 1:2,500,000. These highways will dir...
Photograph

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...
Map or Atlas

Official Wisconsin Highway Map

Date: 1937
Description: Official state highway map, with insets of cities.
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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

International Truck Operated by Mistletoe Express Service, Inc.

Date: 1944
Description: International highway truck operated by Mistletoe Express Service, Inc. Original caption reads: "The truck shown was traveling on a busy highway leading ou...
Photograph

International Truck on the Ohio River Boulevard

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International semi-truck on a highway with an industrial area in the background. Original caption reads...
Photograph

International Truck

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International semi-truck (tractor-trailer) on a road with a hazy view of a bridge, a body of water and ...
Photograph

KR-11 Truck on the Rim Rock Highway

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck with semi-trailer (semi-truck) operated by Northwest Freight Lines. The truck is on a mountain road next to a large rock formatio...
Photograph

International Truck on the Ohio River Boulevard

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International truck tractor on an urban highway. A bridge, houses and industrial buildings are in the b...
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally Official Auto Trails Map : District No. 9, Minnesota, W. Wisconsin

Date: 1923
Description: This map shows trails, some in red, for automobiles. The right margin includes a key of markings as well as Minnesota and Wisconsin Highway signs. Communit...
Map or Atlas

National Highways Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: A map of Wisconsin that shows 1,900 miles of national highways proposed for the state. The map also includes the names and locations of towns and cities th...
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally Official Auto Trails Map : District No. 8, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Northeast Iowa, Northern Michigan

Date: 1923
Description: This early road map shows the system of roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michig...

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