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Vernon County in Winter

Date: 02 20 1985
Description: View looking downhill towards a young person walking across a road near snowy fields and hills in Vernon County.
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Children Sledding

Date: 1975
Description: A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan.
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U.S. Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: View from rear of several shirtless soldiers running up a hill towards an Air America chopper about to land with a new supply of American soldiers in Ban H...
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Military Convoy

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Description: Soldiers pose in front of a military convoy.
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Feast for the Lotus-Eater

Date: 1957
Description: Lotus beds on Mississippi River in the foreground and middleground. Bluffs are in the background.
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 2010
Description: Portrait of Maija Liimatainen of Monroe, Wisconsin with her soap box derby car posed on the racing hill at Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio. Maija won the super st...
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Safehouse Motel

Date: 1959
Description: Motel that was formerly a clandestine safe-house for the 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution. Parking lot with a blue car in front of a pink,...
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People in Countryside, Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: A man wearing a straw hat is sitting on the ground holding a baby in the countryside in Cuba. A woman sitting behind him is looking at the photographer. Th...
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Algerian FLN Member on Patrol

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian National Liberation Front member on patrol, looking for enemy French forces. He is holding a rifle and wearing a turban and a tunic. Behind him...
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John Gilbert's House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of actor John Gilbert's Spanish-style house at 1400 Tower Grove Road. There is a tower on the hill in the background.
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Cows Resting in Hilltop Pasture

Date: 2004
Description: Holstein cows resting on a sunny day in a hilltop pasture. View to horizon towards wooded hills with clouds in the sky.
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Alfred Lunt and Threshers

Date: 1942
Description: Alfred Lunt watching as farm workers pitch grain into a thresher on the Ten Chimneys farm. Two men at the end of a chute collect the separated grain in sac...
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Children Playing in Snow

Date: 11 30 1976
Description: Elevated view of children sliding on the snow near the Bay Street overpass to Jones Island. The children are walking up the hill. In the background is a st...
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Barbara Payton

Date: 1949
Description: Barbara Payton posing outdoors for a publicity portrait for the film "Trapped." She is standing against a tree wearing a swimsuit. A swimming pool is below...
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Farms Along U.S. 16

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Description: Aerial view of a road, with several farms, fields and hills along it. Caption reads: "U.S. 16 near La Crosse, Wis."
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Wind and Trees

Date: 1950
Description: Birch and pine trees on a snow covered hillside in the spring. The location is on Lake Michigan near the Michigan border.
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Wisconsin Winter

Date: 1950
Description: Trees and snow, with buildings behind trees in the background. In the far background are hills or bluffs with rocky outcroppings.
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Coffee Break

Date: 1956
Description: Snow covered skis are lined up against the porch railing while their owners are taking a break in the ski lodge. Pine trees can barely be seen in the dista...
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Spring Comes to the North

Date: 03 11 1956
Description: Open water on a stream in spring. Snow is along the banks, and shadows of trees are on a snow-covered hill in the background.
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Old Lead Trail

Date: 1960
Description: A man is running his dog on a trail in an old lead mining area. The trees are bare and fallen leaves are covering the ground.

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