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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Carriage Stuck in the Mud

Date: 1898
Description: Horse-drawn carriage stuck in a rut on a muddy road near the Ohio River in Floyd County, Indiana. One man is holding the horse while another attempts to di...
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Wade House

Date: 1858
Description: Ambrotype of the Wade House, a carriage inn located in Greenbush, also showing a section of the original plank road in the foreground.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior shot of the Blue River depot. Five men are standing outside the building. There is a Wells Fargo cart on the platform.
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Apostle Islands

Date: 1913
Description: Mary Baldwin (Duluth), John Neimeyer (Duluth), and the bow of the "Zenya."
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Wisconsin Billboard

Date: 1938
Description: A movable billboard aimed at passing motorists along State Highway 20 in Illinois. It reads "Relax in Wisconsin, Where Friends and Nature Meet." Although...
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Superdome Railroad Coach

Date: 1952
Description: Passengers seated on the upper level of a Milwaukee Railroad superdome coach.
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Hiawatha Observation Car

Date: 1946
Description: Interior view of people seated in the Hiawatha's observation parlor with sky-top solar lounge. The Hiawatha was signature high-speed passenger train for th...
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International Special Delivery Truck on Snowy Street

Date: 1929
Description: International Special Delivery truck on a snowy street in the Midwestern United States. The truck bears a sign that reads "Here it is! The truck that cross...
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Airline Computer Network

Date: 09 26 1984
Description: A woman uses an early commercial computer network that allows travel agents to book their own flights without the use of a telephone.
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McDonald's Billboard

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Description: A billboard advertising the opening of a particular McDonald's restaurant. Express highways promoted the emergence of large signs that could be read at a d...
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Mitchell Airport Farewell

Date: 06 1963
Description: Children, adults, and a Northwest Airlines Boeing 707 jetliner on the tarmac at General Mitchell International Airport. The children, all first graders fro...
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Mobil Service Station

Date: 06 15 1955
Description: Night view of Robert Blossom's Mobil Gas Station, 3702 East Washington Avenue and Highway 51.
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Family Camping Trip in Mountain Field

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family setting up a tent in mountain field near a small lake. An International Traveler pickup with simulated vinyl roof,...
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Scout Pickup Pulling Airstream Camper

Date: 1965
Description: Color advertising photograph of a couple sightseeing in a 1965 International Scout pickup pulling an Airstream camper in the Nevada hills.
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1977 Scout Traveler with Terry Camper in the Mountains

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a 1977 International Scout Traveler pickup with Terry camper set against a mountainous backdrop.
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Northwest Airlines DC-3

Date: 1936
Description: Passengers boarding a Northwest Airlines DC-3 at Madison Municipal Airport. When this airplane was photographed for the WPA by Harold Hone, the DC-3, one o...
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Balloon Ascension

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Description: An unidentified balloon ascension photographed by Milwaukee Journal news photographer J. Robert Taylor.
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Visiting the Glacier at Grindewald, Switzerland

Date: 1906
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith and family view the glacier at Grindewald during their European tour.
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Mitchell Passenger Awaiting Flight

Date: 02 23 1985
Description: Young Ben Schreiner of Slinger waiting near the Republic Airlines ticket counter at General Mitchell International Airport for a vacation flight to Florida...

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