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| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Two men pose outside Dow's store and filling station on Highway 77. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Official highway map of Wisconsin, "the playground of the Midwest," showing the state transportation network prior to World War II. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Exhibit in the Transportation Building at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition, which included this model from the U.S. Public Roads Association. The model ... |
| Date: | 09 26 1949 |
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| Description: | A car drives down the western portion of the newly opened Madison belt line. The view is looking northwest in the region of Gilbert road (also Whitney Way)... |
| 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: | Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International semi-truck on a highway with an industrial area in the background. Original caption reads... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| 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 ... |
| 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: | 1944 |
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| Description: | International KS-11 truck and semi-trailer shown traveling the highway leading out of Altoona. Original caption reads: "In traveling these mountainous road... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International truck tractor on an urban highway. A bridge, houses and industrial buildings are in the b... |
| Date: | 10 1948 |
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| Description: | "This overhead at Addison carried Hwy 41 (later Hwy 175) over Hwy 33." |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and publ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for International trucks featuring a color illustration of men working with an excavator and an International dump truck on the Alcan Highway... |
| Date: | 12 25 1942 |
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| Description: | This hand-drawn map shows the highways and features in the Rock Lake-Lake Mills area in the towns of Aztalan and Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. T... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Map of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, shows towns, cities and villages, roads and highways, railroads, schools, lighthouses, place names, town divisions, comm... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | This map shows surfaces and types of highways. A legend and three county and two local area inset maps are included. The bottom left margin reads: "Traffi... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Color coded map in pink, yellow, green, and brown of Milwaukee County State and County trunk highways. The map includes a legend of symbols: "STEAM RAIL RO... |
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