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Wrecked Studebaker at Accident Scene

Date: 10 19 1946
Description: Accident scene involving a Findorff cement truck and a Studebaker coupe that were involved in a head-on crash on Highway 12 & 18 near the Royal Airport, sh...
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Old Man and Windsor Billboard

Date: 1980
Description: An elderly man is sitting in the grass by a Windsor Canadian Whiskey billboard.
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Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
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Poinsettia Dairy Trucks

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: An International C-35 truck used by Poinsettia Dairy Products, Inc., parked outside a company building. A sign in the shape of a milk bottle advertises ice...
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Fehr Baking Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International L-150 truck owned by the Fehr Baking Company parked in front of Joe's Meat Market. The side of the truck advertises "Fairmade; Fairmade is...
Poster

For Liberty and Peace on Earth - Buy War Bonds

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 51, "Liberty Bell." The poster features the Liberty Bell ringing against a backdrop of holly and other Christmas decorations. On the ri...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down street with children playing in the background. Along the street is a row of businesses and storefronts. Advertisements for Chesterfield cigarett...
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Woman Posing with Sign

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Description: A woman in a dress and scarf poses beneath a Ford and Fordson sign. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Two Women in front of Sign

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Description: Two women pose in front of a sign advertising lots for sale. They are both dressed fashionably and their arms are stretched out with their fingers touching...
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Sherman Park — Residential Section

Date: 1929
Description: View down Sherman Avenue, across from Sherman Park. A billboard facing the street advertises a "Big Lot Sale!"
Poster

David Marcou Photo Exhibition Poster

Date: 1987
Description: A poster advertising David Marcou's photography exhibit at the Pill Hill Gallery in Seoul, South Korea.
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Billboard for Old Wade House

Date: 1971
Description: An advertising billboard for Old Wade House and the Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum.
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Highway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from snowy shoreline of Highway Bridge, the east approach. The lake is frozen. Just beyond the shoreline a boat is moored at a landing, and an automob...
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International Harvester Motor Truck Billboard

Date: 05 28 1924
Description: View from across road towards a Motor Truck billboard.
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Highway 41

Date: 05 1939
Description: View down median of road towards a truck parked on the scales of a weigh station in the center of Highway 41 just north of the Wisconsin/Illiinois state li...
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Electric Shaver Service, Schwartz Jewelers and H. Halperin Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. On the far left is the back of a large billboard next to the side of the brick building which has two busin...

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