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Middleton Airport Scene

Date: 08 02 2001
Description: A rainy day at Middleton Municipal Airport, formerly the Morey Airfield.
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Rural Road

Date: 1930
Description: A tree-lined, rural road in the Kickapoo Valley of southwestern Wisconsin.
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General Mitchell International Airport

Date: 11 16 2001
Description: Aerial view of General Mitchell International in Milwaukee, looking southeast to the Lake Michigan shoreline.
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AAA Display of Travel Materials

Date: 06 23 1939
Description: Display of travel materials for Wisconsin Division of AAA American Automobile Association Travel Bureau.
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La Crosse Airport Terminal

Date: 03 31 1971
Description: The passenger terminal and control tower at the La Crosse Airport.
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Child Welfare Special Vehicle

Date: 1937
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health's vehicle the "Child Welfare Special".
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Produce Market

Date: 1935
Description: Downtown outdoor market place.
Map or Atlas

Federal Aid Highway System Progress Map : [Wisconsin]

Date: 1935
Description: This three-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies highways in Wisconsin that have been improved, indicating those which are federal highw...
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Bureau of Sewers Dump Truck

Date: 12 01 1937
Description: A man parking an International D-30 dump truck used by the Bureau of Sewers near a river or harbor. On the opposite shore in the background are buildings, ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Transportation Map : Highways, Railroads, Canals, Air Lanes, and Dredged Channels

Date: 1939
Description: This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and publ...
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Episcopal Church at Cherry and Madison Streets

Date: 
Description: View of church.
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Main Street

Date: 1948
Description: Scene of crime located at 304 East Main Street.
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Two Police Trucks

Date: 12 30 1926
Description: View across street towards two police trucks parked along the curb near a large brick building. The signs on the side of the trucks reads: "Bureau of Polic...
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Government Truck

Date: 02 21 1928
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a government truck. The sign painted on the door reads: "Bureau of Fire, Alarm, and Telegraph, F.D.N.Y."
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South Twin Island Fishing Village

Date: 1915
Description: Building, boats, and fish net drying reels on South Twin Island in the Apostle Islands archipelago.
Map or Atlas

Part of a Military Road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard

Date: 1833
Description: Map of part of the military road from Fort Crawford to Fort Howard. "Recorded on pages 668.669 Book B." Surveyed by Lieut. Center. Scale: 2 miles = 1 inch.
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First Toll Bridge

Date: 1866
Description: First toll bridge over an unidentified river.
Map or Atlas

Soil Map, Wisconsin-Minnesota, Superior Sheet

Date: 1904
Description: This 1904 map from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Bureau of Soils shows the soil types in north-central Douglas County, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota. ...
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Bridge over the Rock River

Date: 
Description: View of the bridge over water, with a building behind it.
Map or Atlas

Central Virginia; Comp. in the Bureau of Topographical Eng. of the War Department for Military Purposes, July 186

Date: 1864
Description: This battlefield map of the Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, also known as the Battle of Bethesda Church, shows the railroads, roads, vegetation and topography...

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