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| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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." |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Magda Herzberger running on a sidewalk in a Dubuque marathon. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Manchester's Warehouse, located at 2013 Fish Hatchery Road. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Port Pizzeria and Deli-Type Sandwiches "Home of the Big Wheel Pizza." 3077 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Shadow of billboard sign towers over the parking lot of the U-Haul 'U-Move, U-Store' Center on West Platte Drive. |
| Date: | 03 24 1980 |
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| Description: | A birch tree is in the center foreground. Behind it is a municipal parking lot with an automobile parked in it near the storefront of Neubauer's Sporting G... |
| Date: | 04 21 1980 |
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| Description: | Across a street leading to 51 is a parking lot with a single automobile parked in a lot near a church. Across the street to the left is a Shell gas station... |
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