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| Wisconsin photographer David Marcou's images of life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| Jim Widmer's "Spirit of Rural Wisconsin," Part I |
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| Explore Jim Widmer's photographs of Theresa, Wisconsin. |
| See images that document the stories of 18 Wisconsin survivors of the World War II Holocaust. |
| Documenting a Sense of Place |
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| View more than 8,000 images of Wisconsin communities: main streets, the built environment, prominent points of interests and some rural scenes. |
| View an extensive image collection about this early social leadership center that focused on labor organization, and later, civil rights. |
| View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights. |
| A Historical Look at Service Stations |
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| Photographs of Wisconsin gas stations portray the development of service station architecture. |
| Read about Earth Day's founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator and early environmentalist. |
| Images of a Milwaukee Manufacturing Powerhouse |
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| Read about one of Milwaukee's most successful manufacturing companies and view vintage photographs of the corporation. |
| Automobiles in Wisconsin History |
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| Read about the evolution of the automotive industry and the drastic changes in manufacturing work, road infrastructure, the economy and American culture. |
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