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General Mitchell International Airport

Date: 11 16 2001
Description: Aerial view of General Mitchell International in Milwaukee, looking southeast to the Lake Michigan shoreline.
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Road at the Old Place

Date: 2001
Description: Road at the Old Place on the Quinney farm.
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North of the Farmhouse

Date: 2001
Description: Landscape view from the country road north of the Quinney farm.
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Hmong Trio of Children

Date: 2004
Description: Portrait of three Hmong children.
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Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage

Date: 03 2007
Description: A group of people holding a banner while marching down a road as they take part in the Faith and Politics Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Selma.
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El Paso Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Knute Bjornson originally built this house in the 1860's and in 1933, his grandson Cooney Bjornson reassembled the humble log building to house a gas stati...
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South Lancaster Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This store, which was originally built in 1840 (and rebuilt after an 1877 fire) was bought in 1891, by Samuel Kerr who continued to sell sugar, flour, mola...
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Hartland Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 252-256 West Capitol Drive, this Tudor Revival-style structure was built as a residence in the early 1920s and was altered a few years later by ...
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Oshkosh Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In 1934, Cook and Brown Lime and Coal built a super-service station with Art Deco stylings at 420 Division Street, which was previously occupied by a small...
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Pulaski Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 159 Pulaski Street, this house-style station featuring a hip-roof canopy, was built in 1925 by Vincent Zielinski.
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Ashland Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: When the East End Co-op Service Station opened in 1940 at the corner of Sixth Avenue and East Front Street, the owners announced, "Our new, modern equipmen...
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Marinette Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in about 1933, this appealingly picturesque service station, located at 1305 Pierce Avenue, was designed to blend into the neighborhood.
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Milltown Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built sometime in the mid-1930s, this unique station, located at 118 Highway 35, visually illustrates its ongoing changes and success over time as it respo...
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Manawa Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This service station, located at 301 South Bridge Street, was built in Manawa during the late 1930s as new, more efficient station designs were constructed...
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Wisconsin Rapids — Airport Bar-B-Q

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 329 Front Street, this structure hosted its grand-opening celebration in 1931. The special was not discounted gasoline or oil but chicken and ba...
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Wisconsin Rapids — Sinclair Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Welcoming future customers to their new station, Carl Miller and Joe Walloch held a grand-opening in August 1940. The special: seven gallons of Pennant gas...
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University Square Mall

Date: 08 2008
Description: Elevated view of University Square shopping mall between West Johnson Street and University Avenue. (Demolished June 2006). Photograph taken from Witte Hal...
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Copeland Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior view of Copeland Opera House from across street.
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Copeland Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior view of Copeland Opera House from across the street with flag in foreground.
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Grand Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Restored exterior of Grand Opera House from across street.

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