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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a newly opened divided four lane highway. |
| Date: | 08 18 1932 |
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| Description: | View of the Parkway Theatre marquee down West Mifflin Street, and a sign for the "RKO's Greater Show Season and Merchant's Greater Selling Season" on a lam... |
| Date: | 10 19 1939 |
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| Description: | Intersection of Grand and University Avenues, looking north from Grand Avenue, with a barn, Madison Nehi Company (Royal Crown Cola), 2600 University Avenue... |
| Date: | 01 06 1938 |
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| Description: | South Park Street (Hwy 12 & 14 & 18) looking south from the intersection at Midland Street. On the left across the street is Southside Pharmacy at 1123 Sou... |
| Date: | 12 17 1931 |
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| Description: | Wrecked pedestrian safety island, University Avenue and Francis Street, struck by the Rev. George E. Hunt. |
| Date: | 03 05 1931 |
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| Description: | New stoplight on E. Washington Avenue bridge over the Yahara river, facing West. A truck is going over the bridge. On the other side of the bridge are indu... |
| Date: | 03 05 1931 |
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| Description: | New stoplight on E. Washington Avenue bridge over the Yahara river, facing West. A truck is going over the bridge. On the other side of the bridge are indu... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Signpost for Babcock Drive with the Agricultural Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus in the background. |
| Date: | 06 1947 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S.... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Residential block of North Sherman Avenue between McPherson and Farragut Street, across from Sherman School. |
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| Description: | A toll road sign on the Keshena Menominee Reservation for the Highway 55 toll road that goes through the reservation. |
| Date: | 03 19 1972 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a house at 702 West Olin Avenue. It was built in either 1904 or 1890. Currently many of the architectural details have been removed, but i... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | The intersection of Johnson and Broom Streets. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Highway sign along STH 11 near Galesville, one of a whole new vocabulary of signage created for automobile traffic. The inverted triangle w... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Fort Winnebago monument two miles east of Portage on Highway 33, erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1924. The mo... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Church of Christ, Christian Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Science church outside of Boston and the first in America built for this purpose. |
| Date: | 08 07 1945 |
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| Description: | State Highway 113 bridge over the Yahara River in Westport. The photograph is taken from the north end of the bridge showing the "blind" curve on the immed... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Harlow S. Orton house, at 30 East Johnson Street at the intersection of North Pinckney Street. Orton served on the State Supreme Court from 1878 until his ... |
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