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Early Morning at Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: Early morning at a railroad crossing on County Highway A, with houses and a barn in the distance.
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St. Francis Streetcar

Date: 06 1947
Description: A family boarding a route #40 streetcar. A sign on the front of the car advertises midget auto racing at the State Fair grounds; the second urges people to...
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Marshfield Clinic

Date: 05 1959
Description: Exterior of clinic.
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Arboretum Entrance

Date: 1945
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison entrance to Arboretum. Two stone walls flank the road. Two informational signs, including the speed limit, are past the e...
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International Scout Truck

Date: 1961
Description: A International Scout truck on display in a showroom. A man is standing behind the truck, which is displayed in front of large windows which look out onto ...
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Men Walking on Residential Street

Date: 1936
Description: View up residential street with newly constructed houses, young trees and lampposts. Men in suits and hats walk along the sidewalk. A speed limit sign is o...
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Automobile near Road Sign

Date: 05 1926
Description: An automobile rounds a turn near several traffic signs placed along the edge of a paved state road.
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Lover's Lane

Date: 1912
Description: View down wooden walkway with a dwelling, trees and backyards on the left and an open area on the right.
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After Tet

Date: 1968
Description: Pedestrians and an ARVN soldier on a bicycle crossing a bridge in the city of Hue after the Tet Offensive.
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Road Work

Date: 08 1994
Description: "Road work is in progress as a Hwy 28 overpass is being constructed over U.S. Hwy 41."
Postcard

Main Business District

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of the main business district. Cars are parked in front of businesses, and are driving down the road. A flagpole and stop signs are in the fo...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 134

Date: 
Description: We always know what day it is
Because it never fails. Sometime between the awful and the coffee
that stepson drives along the road
and all the dog...
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Man Driving Scout on Road

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter view from front of man driving a Scout up a hill. In the background are houses on a steep hill behind a fence.
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View across East Washington Avenue towards the Gisholt factory at the intersection of Baldwin Street. There is an enclosed skybridge (called an "overhead" ...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Line

Date: 1930
Description: A sign post next to a survey marker, lower right, marks the state line between Wisconsin and Illinois south of Kenosha. Signage on that post identifies Sta...
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West Interstate 90/94

Date: 10 1961
Description: View from roadside of a road sign for west I90 and west I94. Cars are driving down the freeway on the left.
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Resting at the Illinois Border

Date: 1933
Description: A group of Harley-Davidson riders stopping for a rest on the side of the highway at the Wisconsin-Illinois border. A man and a woman, wearing Milwaukee Mot...

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