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Sailing

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Description: Three sailboats on Lake Winnebago, U50 (Eskimo), U7 and J7. Crew members are on the boats. The water is choppy and the sky is cloudy. In the background are...
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Tree in Cornfield

Date: 08 23 1985
Description: A lone tree standing in a rural Ottawa cornfield in western Waukesha county.
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Canoeing on Rainbow Lake

Date: 1945
Description: Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes.
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Arizona International truck dealership

Date: 1941
Description: Service station of an International motor truck dealership, the O.S. Stapley Company of Phoenix.
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Contoured Cornfield after Harvest

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: A contoured cornfield after harvest, with a distant landscape.
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EAA Acrobatics

Date: 1986
Description: Aerial acrobatics at the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) convention and fly-in at Oshkosh. The EAA encompasses all aspects of sport aviation includ...
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Aircraft Carrier Landing

Date: 1950
Description: A crewman on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier signals to the pilot of an incoming U.S. Marine Corps CH-34 Choctaw helicopter. The landing was photographed by M...
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Clouds over Lake Monona

Date: 06 04 1931
Description: Clouds over Lake Monona. Railroad tracks are in the foreground on the left. The far shoreline is in the distance.
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Madison Skyline from Field House

Date: 08 20 1930
Description: Madison skyline from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House showing the Wisconsin State Capitol and Gateway Lumber Co., 1429 Monroe Street.
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McCormick Farmall Tractor H and Grain Drill

Date: 1950
Description: Farmers are unloading bags of seed from the back of an International L-series pickup truck in a field. A McCormick Farmall H tractor with attached grain dr...
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McCormick Farmall H Tractor with Mounted Cultivator

Date: 1948
Description: View towards a man in a field on a Farmall H tractor with a mounted cultivator, either at or near the company's experimental farm in Hinsdale.
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Farmall 450 Diesel Tractor

Date: 1957
Description: View of a man plowing a field with a McCormick Farmall 450 diesel tractor. Mountains are in the far background.
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Men on Cliff

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Description: View looking up at three men standing on top of a rock formation, possibly Gibraltar Rock. The men are silhouetted against the sky, with their right arms o...
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Stubby Sentinel

Date: 1954
Description: View down road towards the Fond du Lac lighthouse, built in 1933. There are cumulus clouds in the sky, and pine trees are lining the shore.
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Grand Dad Bluff

Date: 1955
Description: Grand Dad Bluff in La Crosse
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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company Plant

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: View of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company plant. The sky is cloudy and smoke obscures some of the stacks. Railroad cars can be are on the righ...
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Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: Trucks mounting a steep grade in the testing track at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by Inte...
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Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: View of International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International Harvester through the 1970's to test...
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Aerial View of Interstate

Date: 1998
Description: North-facing aerial view of the interchange between Interstates 39/90 and US Routes 12/18 in the southeast of Madison. Femrite Drive can be seen passing be...
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Westgate Parking Lot

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: Elevated view of the parking lot at the Westgate Shopping Center. The storefronts are on the left, and include Ragatz Shoes, Three Sisters, ?obil Shoes, S....

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