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| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Milwaukee County Zoo grounds nearing its completion. |
| Date: | 07 20 1987 |
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| Description: | A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Manitowoc. |
| Date: | 05 02 1964 |
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| Description: | Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the city looking north along the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the island of Cuba taken from a small plane. Part of the plane with a Cuban flag painted on it is in the frame, and the island with many bui... |
| Date: | 2013 |
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| Description: | Map is the most extensive endeavor to date to accurately locate and document both prehistoric place names and natural features of the Menominee language wi... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A detail of a Sanborn map showing areas at Langdon and Henry Streets, including Lake Lawn Place. |
| Date: | 07 25 1967 |
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| Description: | Newspaper caption reads: "Passersby don't know it, but what appears to be a coonskin cap around the neck of Todd Vasas, 16, of 2773 S. Shore Drive, is the ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Detail of a Madison Sanborn Map showing the Lake Mendota shoreline. The area shown is between the Blackhawk Country Club and Eagle Heights Woods. |
| Date: | 2010 |
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| Description: | A man drives a tractor on John Nolen Drive along Lake Mendota with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance. He is on his was to a Red Power venue held ... |
| Date: | 08 1951 |
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| Description: | Threatening skies loom over boats, piers and boathouses in Eagle harbor. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a hydroelectric power plant owned by Northern States Power Company located on the Chippewa River. A highway bridge and a railroad bridge spa... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery. |
| Date: | 02 18 1958 |
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| Description: | The SS Meteor, a Great Lakes cargo steamship of whaleback design, coming into harbor. The ship is covered with snow and ice and the surface of the l... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | View of a crowd of people lined up fishing side by side on long pier. A railroad bridge, with a tanker car, is in the background. |
| Date: | 03 1962 |
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| Description: | The Stone Bank Presbyterian Church reflected in standing water in springtime. Trees are in the background. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Boats moored at a boat slip. In the foreground is a bench near a concrete wall over which rope is hanging in loops. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Fish nets and floats drying while wound onto wooden reels. Clouds are in the sky in the background. |
| Date: | 03 1969 |
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| Description: | The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Pierhead Lighthouse silhouetted against the sun shining through the clouds. Snow covers the pier, and ice is floating on the la... |
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