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| Date: | 06 1981 |
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| Description: | Winnebago Enterprises trailer, advertising drive-up cigarette sales. |
| Date: | 06 27 1980 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a pharmacy advertising "Low Cost Drugs." The building also has a painted advertisement for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. |
| Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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| Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
| Date: | 06 21 1987 |
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| Description: | Shoppers take refuge in the open doorway of a shop during a downpour. |
| Date: | 02 25 1988 |
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| Description: | A man hands out information while holding a sign reading "Stop All Nuclear Testing" in front of the Reuss Federal Building. |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Aerial acrobatics at the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) convention and fly-in at Oshkosh. The EAA encompasses all aspects of sport aviation includ... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Fond du Lac Avenue (State Highway 145) exit from Interstate I-43 in Milwaukee. As originally conceived, the interstate system in Wisconsin was to consist ... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Employees of the General Motors plant in head to work. |
| Date: | 11 12 1981 |
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| Description: | The Crescent Garage. Although the photograph dates from 1981, the curb-side gas pumps are a throwback to the early days of gas stations. The Crescent Garag... |
| Date: | 10 1981 |
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| Description: | Striking members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 253. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Distribution of picket signs to striking members of the United Steelworkers of America Local 8888. The local was on strike against Tenneco. |
| Date: | 02 02 1980 |
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| Description: | Protest march called in response to the murder of five activists, labor organizers, and members of the Communists Workers Party by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) o... |
| Date: | 10 22 1980 |
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| Description: | Holocaust survivor Fred Platner at his place of business, the Wausau Steel Corporation. |
| Date: | 11 16 1989 |
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| Description: | View from the Water Street Bridge over the Waupaca River toward the Waupaca Water Department. |
| Date: | 11 29 1989 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Riverside Park during the winter. |
| Date: | 01 20 1989 |
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| Description: | Centennial Tire Company, located in a historic gas station on USH 10. |
| Date: | 01 20 1989 |
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| Description: | A Skelly station located on USH 10 consisting of a historic gas station and a two-bay service building. Gasoline cost 96 cents per gallon for regular. |
| Date: | 01 20 1989 |
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| Description: | Main Street (USH 10) in the village, with storefronts and a used car dealership. |
| Date: | 01 20 1989 |
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| Description: | Grain storage building located near the railroad tracks. The wrecker service truck parked near the warehouse bears the slogan, "the happy hooker." |
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