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State Street View

Date: 1935
Description: View of the 200 and 300 blocks of State Street looking toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Starlite Drive-in Theater ticket booth

Date: 07 23 1959
Description: Exterior of the ticket booth at the Starlite Theatre, a drive-in movie theatre.
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Starlite Drive-in Theater screen

Date: 07 23 1959
Description: Daylight view of the movie screen at the Starlite, a drive-in movie theater.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy at the Podium

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: A campaign speech by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Graham-White over Washington, D.C.

Date: 10 14 1910
Description: Claude Graham-White, winner of the Gordon Bennett Race and several other important races in 1910, flying a Farman plane over Washington, D.C. Graham-White ...
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Washing Windows

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
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Front Door at Taliesin

Date: 08 1957
Description: Looking south at the open front door at Taliesin with birch trees on left and Buddha on right of center. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Gree...
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Taliesin Entry

Date: 08 1957
Description: Southwest view of entry of Taliesin with Budda on right side. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Canal Street Rebuilt in Bloomington

Date: 1956
Description: View across Canal Street with the businesses that were built after the fire. Ford stepside truck is parked along the curb on the left. Businesses with thre...
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Canal and Congress Streets

Date: 1956
Description: Canal and Congress streets, with Sprague's Building on the right.
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Canal Street rebuilt after Fire in Bloomington

Date: 1956
Description: Store at 1897 Canal Street, with an old car on the lower right. The car is parked in front of a "no parking" sign.
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World Trade Center Billboard

Date: 1969
Description: Con Edison billboard for the World Trade Center. The sign reads "To meet the needs of the spectacular twin-towered World Trade Center we're strengthening y...
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Onlookers Observe Construction of World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: Rear view of onlookers observing the construction of the World Trade Center towers.
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World Trade Center Onlookers

Date: 1969
Description: A man and a woman (with a beehive hairstyle) observe the construction of the World Trade Center towers.
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Ace Excavators

Date: 1969
Description: Color photograph of an Ace Carting Company truck with "Ace Excavators" on the front. The truck is on the site of the construction of the World Trade Center...
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Ansel Adams in his Home Office

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams at work in his home office.
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Interstate I-43

Date: 1981
Description: Fond du Lac Avenue (State Highway 145) exit from Interstate I-43 in Milwaukee. As originally conceived, the interstate system in Wisconsin was to consist ...
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General Motors Employees

Date: 1987
Description: Employees of the General Motors plant in head to work.
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General Motors Parking Lot

Date: 1960
Description: Parking lot at the General Motors plant.
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Directing Traffic

Date: 1939
Description: A Chicago police officer holds up his hand to signal pedestrians that they should not enter the crosswalk.

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