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International Scout II WOW Wagon Advertising Poster

Date: 1971
Description: Advertising poster featuring color photographs of the International Scout II wagon and pickup truck.
Photograph

Bus Card Game

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Women playing cards on a bus ride.
Photograph

Austin Straubel Airport

Date: 06 13 1965
Description: The restaurant at Austin Straubel Field. In 1965 Brown County completed a new passenger terminal at Austin Straubel Airport that included a large (and appa...
Photograph

Mitchell Weather Watching

Date: 12 29 1987
Description: Bored travelers at General Mitchell International Airport, apparently taking their cue from a droopy travel poster advertising vacations in the sunny Carib...
Photograph

Milwaukee Road Station Christmas Tree

Date: 12 21 1945
Description: Large Christmas tree in the waiting room of the Milwaukee Road Railroad Station, 644 West Washington Avenue, with passengers and the sign: "Give War Bonds,...
Photograph

Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Dept. Safety Convention Speakers

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, with a group portrait of nine morning speakers, taken at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenu...
Photograph

Wis. Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention Audience

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Audience at Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, in a ballroom at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Orthopedic Hospital — Waiting Room & Lobby

Date: 09 18 1936
Description: Waiting room and lobby at Children's Orthopedic Hospital, 1415 Linden Drive.
Photograph

Three Children and Piano in Trailer

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: Interior view of Forbes Meagher trailer, with older child playing piano and two younger children watching.
Photograph

Union News Soda Grill Interior

Date: 02 17 1934
Description: Interior of the Union News soda grill at the Chicago and North Western railroad depot, 219 S. Blair Street, from behind the counter, showing merchandise.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Open Air Theater

Date: 10 16 1927
Description: University of Wisconsin open air theater, located on Observatory Hill.
Photograph

Open Air Theatre

Date: 1926
Description: View towards an open-air theatre from University of Wisconsin Observatory Drive.
Photograph

International Truck Branch

Date: 1960
Description: Customers sitting on stools at the parts counter of an International truck branch. A Scout pickup is parked in the left foreground.
Photograph

Rock Prairie Lutheran Church

Date: 1876
Description: Interior of the Rock Prairie Lutheran Church in Luther Valley. Note the model of the sailing ship hanging from the ceiling of the nave, a traditional pract...
Photograph

Dykman's Restaurant

Date: 10 12 1954
Description: Exterior view at night of Dykman's Restaurant, located at 107 West Main Street.
Postcard

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Depot

Date: 1912
Description: Interior view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. A man is seated on one of the benches. Caption reads: "Interior of C. N. W. Depot, Madison, Wis...
Photograph

Interior of the Pioneer Sleeping Car

Date: 1891
Description: Interior view of the Pullman sleeping car "Pioneer," which is arranged for daytime use, and showing the richly ornamented paneling and painted ceiling. Thi...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Centennial Celebration

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: View of the set up for the reviewing and bandstands of the Wisconsin State Centennial celebrations on the corner of Monona Avenue and Main Street of the Ca...
Photograph

Madison City Bus

Date: 08 01 1947
Description: Interior view looking toward the back of a Madison Bus Company's new 35 foot bus which seats 45 people. Above the windows are advertising posters.
Photograph

Interior of International Motor Coach

Date: 01 02 1925
Description: The interior of an International motor coach, or bus, showing leather seats and a spacious center aisle. The bus was built on a model 52 or model 53 chassi...

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