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Wisconsin Central Locomotives

Date: 02 02 1988
Description: Two Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotives near the Consolidated Papers pulpmill at Wisconsin Rapids. Snow is on the ground, and heavy smoke is coming out ...
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Highway Traffic and Overpass

Date: 1985
Description: Trucks of the Central Wisconsin Transport Company of Wisconsin Rapids cross on the highway.
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Ducks off to Florida

Date: 01 30 1958
Description: Six men pose in front of trucks loaded with Wisconsin Dells' local land/water vehicles known as the Ducks.
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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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University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House

Date: 07 1936
Description: Exterior view of the back of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. A sign reads "After the Program Visit Industrial Exposition." The Wisconsin C...
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Kelly's Liquor Store

Date: 11 08 1967
Description: Side view of Kelly's Liquor Store located on Main Street (STH 13) in Wisconsin Rapids. A Pepsi Cola delivery truck is parked in the store's parking lot.
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Green Pea Combine

Date: 1969
Description: A pea combine in use on an unidentified Wisconsin farm.
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West Allis Fair Grounds

Date: 07 24 1952
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Fair grounds, showing the GMC trucks tent and the residential neighborhood that bordered the grounds.
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Farm Equipment at Exposition

Date: 08 1948
Description: Elevated view of the back stage area of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair Park. Permanent and temporary structures are visible, as are ...
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Wisconsin "Badger"

Date: 1923
Description: In 1922 the Wisconsin Truck Company purchased the Wisconsin Farm Tractor Company of Sauk City, which had formerly manufactured trucks as well as wagons, mo...
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Central Wisconsin Food Stores Warehouse

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: New Central Wisconsin Co-operative Food Stores Inc. warehouse, 112 North Lake Street.
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Iola Street

Date: 02 12 1970
Description: State Highway 51 in Iola, Wisconsin, primarily showing the Fire Department and its siren.
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Road Construction Crew

Date: 1920
Description: Dump trucks and steam shovel of the S.P. Croft Company, a road contractor from Milwaukee, at work at an unidentified Wisconsin site.
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Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 08 14 1948
Description: The city of Baraboo float in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade.
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Men Erecting Tent

Date: 08 1948
Description: Two men are pounding a tent stake into the ground at the State Fair Park. Behind them are excavating machinery, automobiles and permanent structures associ...
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Shoveling Dirt

Date: 08 13 1931
Description: Greg Kabat, University of Wisconsin football player, shovels dirt from the back of a truck at Camp Randall.
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Centennial Fair Preparations

Date: 08 1948
Description: Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair.
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Loading Big Log

Date: 1936
Description: Loading a large white pine log cut on the Menominee Indian Reservation onto a truck. The log was hauled to the Wisconsin State Fair for a display about the...
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Produce Market

Date: 1935
Description: Downtown outdoor market place.
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Windsor Fire

Date: 06 11 1948
Description: The lumber and appliance building of the Central Wisconsin Supply Company is engulfed in flames, which totally destroyed the building.

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