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| Description: | A billboard advertising the opening of a particular McDonald's restaurant. Express highways promoted the emergence of large signs that could be read at a d... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | The tractor-trailer used to transport and display the world's largest cheese at the 1964 World's Fair held in New York. The 34,591 pound cheddar was made i... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Front cover of an advertising brochure for International CO-4000 trucks with the "new top quality tilt-cab." Cover features color illustration of two deliv... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | At many places in Wisconsin, the Interstate Highway is divided by a wide median strip that provides a scenic view for the motorist. This photograph shows ... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | View looking north at the ramp from USH 41 northbound. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | A car going up ramp, northbound on USH 41. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter front view of an International model DCO-405 truck owned by A.C.E. Freight Incorporated as it drives along a highway. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View looking down Highway 77 at Clam Lake. On the left is a one-story building, Day's Service Station. On the right are two buildings, the one-story Standa... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of a man driving an International Transtar 4300 truck down a highway with a load for Acme Brick. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of International truck owned by the GI Trucking Company on a highway, passing by what appears to be an orange grove. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of a man driving an International truck past a body of water in what appears to be a golf course. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | International highway truck operated by Mistletoe Express Service, Inc. Original caption reads: "The truck shown was traveling on a busy highway leading ou... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | International KS-11 truck and trailer (semi-truck) traveling the highway leading out of Altoona. The truck was operated by Ward Trucking. Original caption ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Man driving an International KR-11 truck with semi-trailer (semi-truck) on a rural highway. The truck was owned and operated by West Motor Freight of Boyer... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | International KR-11 truck with semi-trailer (semi-truck) parked on a rural road. The truck was owned and operated by West Motor Freight of Boyertown, Penns... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 1960 |
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| Description: | "Bauer's Restaurant in Campbellsport was a landmark in the area. The owner, 'Mush' Bauer, was an extremely overweight man." |
| Date: | 06 1960 |
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| Description: | "The M & E Restaurant, now closed, located near the intersection of Highway 41 & 28, was operated by Milton & Elda Coulter." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | This road map shows federal, state and county roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, eastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michi... |
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| Description: | A brochure and map of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, which includes color illustrations, a highway map of the county, a location map, and descriptions of poi... |
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