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CORE Picketers

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing.
Postcard

County Line Motel in Darien

Date: 1960
Description: County Line Motel on U.S. Highway 14 and Wis. 11.
Photograph

Mauston Service Station

Date: 1957
Description: Skelly service station, restaurant, and motel located along STH 12 in Mauston, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Motel Bar

Date: 1967
Description: Handle's Bar and Motel, located along STH 22 in King, Wisconsin, at the intersection with Grand View Road. Another motel can be seen in the distance acros...
Photograph

Rainbow Motel

Date: 
Description: The Rainbow Motel located on US Highway 45 at New London, Wisconsin.
Postcard

Views of Menomonie, Wis.

Date: 
Description: Composite of eight views of Menomonie. Caption reads: "Views of Menominie, Wis."
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Midway Motor Lodge

Date: 1977
Description: A Midway Motor Lodge, with the Interstate traffic just behind it.
Postcard

Poplar Tourist Cabins

Date: 1940
Description: Automobiles parked outside the Poplar Tourist Court.
Photograph

Eau Claire Holiday Inn

Date: 1980
Description: Exterior of the Eau Claire Holiday Inn.
Photograph

Fair Housing March

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Description: Marchers carrying signs bearing the names of Milwaukee suburbs during a CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) march for fair housing in Milwaukee. They are pa...
Photograph

Crescent Beach

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of Crescent Beach, with campsite with cabins and miniature golf course and other outbuildings. Downtown buildings can be seen in the backgrou...
Photograph

U.S. Highway 41 Ramp

Date: 1977
Description: View looking north at the ramp from USH 41 northbound.
Photograph

Ramp on U.S. Highway 41

Date: 1977
Description: A car going up ramp, northbound on USH 41.
Photograph

East of Downtown

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of warehouse district east of downtown. Tall brick buildings including the Alton Mercantile Company stand next to wide streets with sidewalks...
Photograph

Pheasant Inn on Mason Lake

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards the Pheasant Inn on Lake Mason. Buildings are along the shoreline behind large trees. Two people are in a r...
Photograph

Illegal Gambling Machines

Date: 04 1942
Description: Three illegal gambling machines (slot) in the Lone Oak Inn, on Highway 12, north of Elkhorn.
Photograph

Silver Street in Hurley by Daylight

Date: 1942
Description: View up Silver Street in Hurley.
Photograph

Silver Street in Hurley at Night

Date: 08 02 1942
Description: Elevated view of Silver Street in Hurley at 4:30 a.m., Sunday morning, showing busy street and all establishment's lights blazing. After the sweeping raid ...
Map or Atlas

Tourist Map Lafayette County Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: A tourist map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, that shows the locations of motels, camping, municipal parks, cheese factory tours, waysides, and golf course...
Print

Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel Menu

Date: 03 30 1962
Description: Menu from the Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel, with an illustration of an arch over an elevated, covered walkway, cars on the road beneath, and the motel in the yel...

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