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Wisconsin Ribbon of Concrete
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Aerial view of US Highway 14 southeast of La Crosse descending into Mormon Coulee. The original caption of the print, which is undated, describes the road as "one of Wisconsin's modern highways."
November 1951
Swenson, Don (La Crosse Tribune)
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Capitol Square
1950
Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building and surrounding Madison area. Lake Monona is in the background.
Preparations
July 1951
A man preparing nets wound on large reels for fishing in Door County, Wisconsin. A row of tubs are in the foreground and a shed is in the background.
Contentment
January 1948
Four cows bedded down together on the Newhouse Farm, located in Kaukauna, Wisconsin.
Watertown Park
May 1950
Weeping willows overhanging the Rock River in Watertown, Wisconsin.
On a Goat Farm
May 10, 1953
Two goats on a goat farm are standing near two milk cans next to the side of a building, located in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin.
