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| Date: | 09 04 1958 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 10 1959 |
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| Description: | Moving a very large boulder with a bulldozer during construction of Highway 94 in Waukesha County. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a newly opened divided four lane highway. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of city traffic of bumper-to-bumper cars leaving Milwaukee County Stadium after the 1957 World Series. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of La Crosse, with Onalaska in the background. The highway is U.S. Highway 53 and the State Highway 35. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Mineral Point showing State Highway 23-39 under construction. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of Mineral Point showing the construction of State Highway 23-39. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Interstate construction at the Colley Road and I-90 overpass in Rock County. The contractor is Shappert Engineering Company. |
| Date: | 10 1959 |
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| Description: | Construction of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County using an earthmover manufactured by Allis Chalmers. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Divided highway is South Chase Avenue between West Lincoln Avenue (2300) and East Oklahoma Avenue (3100). |
| Date: | 11 1955 |
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| Description: | United Packinghouse Workers of America picketers protest the hiring of temporary scab labor by the Colonial Provisions Company. Although no location or dat... |
| Date: | 10 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Display illustrating the Highway Department's plan for separating highway traffic on Highways 13 and 14 (the Oregon Road) and Highway 12 (the new South Mad... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of International Metro trucks parked beside a highway overpass. A group of cars are parked in the background on the left. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 09 17 1959 |
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| Description: | A map of the Menominee Indian Reservation that shows the highways, different types of roads, rivers and streams in the area. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | "Compliments of the Douglas County Highway Department"--Top margin. Shows federal highways, state trunk highways, county highways, town roads, unimproved ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Shows roads, railroads, highways, boundaries, and other public facilities and areas. Includes location map and legend. "Corrected for Feb. 1956." "Correcte... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Includes street index. Shows local streets, parks, highways, railroads, Fond du Lac River, and part of lake Winnebago. Also includes text on points of inte... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Includes street index and index to points of interest. Shows land ownership by name, plat of town, local streets, schools, parks, highways, railroads, ward... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Map shows roads, highways, railroads, parks, city buildings, schools, cemeteries, city limits, and the Fox River. The map is indexed by street name, street... |
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