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Island Resorts at the Wisconsin Dells

Date: 07 1927
Description: Car parked underneath the entrance gate to the Island Resort at the Wisconsin Dells, 25 miles from the Dells on Highway 12-16 near Mauston. Entrance gate a...
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Cities Service Gas Station

Date: 10 23 1934
Description: Cities Service Gas Station featuring Kool Motor gasoline. Looking east from the corner of Femrite Road and Buckeye Road (Highway AB).
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Trees Cut Down Along US Hwy 12

Date: 11 18 1930
Description: Trees cut down along US Hwy 12, South Beltline Highway, between John Nolen Drive & South Towne Drive. "Between the overhead grade crossing viaduct and the ...
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Trees Cut Down Along US Hwy 12

Date: 11 18 1930
Description: Trees cut down along US Hwy 12, South Beltline Highway, between John Nolen Drive & South Towne Drive. "Between the overhead grade crossing viaduct and the ...
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Painted Fences on State Highway

Date: 01 09 1928
Description: Difference in paint on fences on a state highway.
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Outer Lake Shore Drive and Foster Avenue

Date: 1933
Description: View from Outer Lake Shore Drive looking south from Foster Avenue. Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline are in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

International CO-4000 Trucks

Date: 1965
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...
Postcard

Lawe Street Hill

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Description: Scenic view of two women standing along a railing on a sidewalk above a stone wall viewing the way to the river. Caption reads: "Lawe Street Hill to Fox Ri...
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De Pere Bridge with Cars

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the bridge, with several cars driving on it. On the left and right are streets below the bridge. In the distance are smokestacks and water...
Photograph

Gays Mills from Above

Date: 1950
Description: View from hill through two trees over a road with a guard fence, overlooking the town laid out along a main thoroughfare. The area is heavily forested, and...
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Kohler Ravine Park

Date: 1935
Description: View of Kohler Ravine Park. In the right foreground is a small bridge, and on the right is a set of wide, concrete steps leading from the road down the hil...
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Lake Tomahawk

Date: 1955
Description: The shore of Lake Tomahawk.
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Red Cedar River from Meadow Hill

Date: 1880
Description: The view of Red Cedar River from Meadow Hill.
Photograph

Improved Rural Road

Date: 1918
Description: Amery Road near New Richmond. The photograph was taken by the Wisconsin Good Roads Association probably as an illustration of the kind of improved roads t...
Photograph

Westport Bridge

Date: 08 07 1945
Description: State Highway 113 bridge over the Yahara River in Westport. The photograph is taken from the south end of the bridge showing the highway going straight ahe...
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Car Racing

Date: 1912
Description: A two-passenger car with the number 13 on the front is going around the bend on a dirt race track. The guard rail fence is in the foreground.
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Russell Motor Patrol

Date: 07 20 1929
Description: Emil Anderson operates a road grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on Highway 12.
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Russell Motor Patrol on Highway 12

Date: 07 20 1927
Description: Emil Anderson operating a road grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on Highway 12.
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International Truck Stuck in Sand

Date: 12 08 1936
Description: Men gather around an International D-40 truck stuck in soft sand on a road along a shoreline.
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Highway Speed Limit Sign

Date: 09 06 1950
Description: A highway speed limit sign on Olin Avenue in Madison displays the urban speed limit of 25 miles per hour prior to leaving the Madison city limits.

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