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Horticulture Building

Date: 08 09 1926
Description: Horticulture building at the University of Wisconsin at 1575 Linden Drive.
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Last Covered Bridge in Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: Last covered bridge to remain standing in Wisconsin. In the distance an automobile is parked on the side of the road in the shade of a tree. Caption along ...
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Groves-Barnhart Secretarial School

Date: 12 12 1945
Description: Group of five women in class at the Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street at Gilman Street. There is a large window in the background, s...
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West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Elevated view of part of the audience of 1,000 people who attended a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago, Milwau...
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Lowell Frautschi at West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Lowell Frautschi, Vice President Frautschi's Furniture Store, speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago,...
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Joseph P. Woolsey at West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Joseph P. Woolsey, Pres-Treasurer Heilman Baking Co., speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago, Milwauk...
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International Scout Truck

Date: 1961
Description: A International Scout truck on display in a showroom. A man is standing behind the truck, which is displayed in front of large windows which look out onto ...
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Street Intersection from Interior of Truck

Date: 1939
Description: View from the driver's seat of an International Metro truck, showing part of the steering wheel and a city street beyond. Automobiles are parked near the c...
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Indianapolis Branch House

Date: 1937
Description: Agricultural equipment on display among potted plants and flower arrangements in baskets. The display is in the showroom of International Harvester's India...
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Indianapolis Branch House

Date: 1937
Description: Trucks on display in the showroom of International Harvester's Indianapolis Branch House. A row of show windows is on the left and in the background. A sid...
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Showroom of Fresno IH Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: Farmall A tractor and farm equipment on display in front of large show windows at Brown Tractor Company, an International Harvester dealership. Outside man...
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Trolley Car on Park Place

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Description: A street scene with a trolley car in the foreground. Up the small hill are two large buildings with people standing in front of the store windows, while a ...
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Elks Club

Date: 1915
Description: A view of a piano, chairs, a table, and a fireplace in the ladies parlor of the Elks Club, founded in 1868. An open window shows a street scene and a home....
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Damascus Road and Old Caravansary #1711

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the Damascus Road, the site where Saint Paul is believed to have converted to Christianity. T...
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Vere Fiedler

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: Portrait of Vere Fiedler, who recently became the new Madison District highway engineer.
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Joseph C. Jones, Highway Engineer

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: Portrait of Joseph C. Jones, retiring Madison District highway engineer.
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Groups of People Standing in Front of a Frame House

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Description: View across unpaved road towards four boys and three girls posing standing in front of a fence in front of a two-story house. A man, and a woman holding a ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 514-521

Date: 
Description: Put aside anything so futile

All that fermented time
spent and blackened, much obscured,
is now restored with cheese and wine
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 719-726

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Description: That cottage all with melting roses —

It was such fun to think ahead of it,
to condition all that air with smokesuds
and pick the mud out of o...
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Newspaper Carriers Visit Milwaukee and See Braves-Cardinals Game

Date: 07 02 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc, newspaper carriers take a bus ride to Milwaukee to see the Braves-Cardinals baseball game. It is a nice, clear day and the road to ...

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