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| Date: | 10 07 1944 |
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| Description: | Scene on Highway 51 and County Trunk K near DeForest where Madalene Richgels, an employee of Oscar Mayer, was killed in a truck auto accident near Gest's G... |
| Date: | 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Mr. Hall posing with large fish in front of Hall's Motel. |
| Date: | 06 1961 |
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| Description: | Front of Dells Manor Motel, with parking lot and neon sign. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from Highway 13 of Olin Cabins, with a car in driveway. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | View looking north at the ramp from USH 41 northbound. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | A car going up ramp, northbound on USH 41. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The hotel is set in a grove of trees against a backdrop of rolling hills. There are two chimneys and a belvedere. There is a barn behind with a supply of f... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | A currently closed castle-looking office, complete with turrets and stonework, located at 6414 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of warehouse district east of downtown. Tall brick buildings including the Alton Mercantile Company stand next to wide streets with sidewalks... |
| Date: | 02 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Aerial photo of the Crawford Heights area of Madison, showing the West Beltline Highway, Nakoma road, Verona Road, Hammersley Road and the Vinkingtown Mote... |
| Date: | 04 1942 |
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| Description: | Three illegal gambling machines (slot) in the Lone Oak Inn, on Highway 12, north of Elkhorn. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | View up Silver Street in Hurley. |
| Date: | 08 02 1942 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| 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,... |
| Date: | 10 01 1980 |
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| Description: | A crew of silo construction workers walking near an International S-Series truck which is parked in a space at a motel parking lot. |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | A tourist map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, that shows the locations of motels, camping, municipal parks, cheese factory tours, waysides, and golf course... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | "Mexican Room" at the Bellwood. The room has many chairs, tables and lamps, and a brick fireplace is on the left. Three plants in a holder stand in front o... |
| Date: | 07 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Waterfall Motel and Restaurant, a one-story building with seven large picture windows. A free-standing sign that reads "Waterfall Rest... |
| Date: | 07 21 1958 |
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| Description: | The Waterfall, an 18 unit motel and restaurant, was opened in 1958 and owned and operated by Oregon's village president, F.E. Madsen, and John Struck. A wa... |
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