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Giant Elm at Intersection of Green Bay and Good Hope Roads

Date: 1939
Description: A man is posing with his left hand resting on the trunk of the General Grant Giant Elm, S.E. of intersection of Green Bay and Good Hope Roads. At site of P...
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Hats, Hats, Hats

Date: 11 06 1939
Description: The interior of Miller's store in the hat section.
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Female Graduation

Date: 06 03 1939
Description: Elevated view of female graduation procession.
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Kresge's Baby Shop

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated interior view of the baby department at Kresge's store.
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Fruit on Display

Date: 07 28 1939
Description: Shelves of canned food provide a backdrop for an array of fresh pears, grapes, and plums at the Frank Bros. market.
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Superior Depot

Date: 09 10 1939
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the Central Avenue depot and the railroad crossing.
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Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 10 1939
Description: Railroad crossing, also showing the main street and the train depot.
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Highway Bridge Over Railroad Tracks

Date: 11 16 1939
Description: Highway bridge on USH 41 with a train pulled by locomotive #496 traveling under the span.
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Harvesting Tobacco Leaves

Date: 1939
Description: Field workers gathering and spearing cut tobacco leaves.
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Going Over Farm Plan

Date: 09 1939
Description: Farm Security Administration county supervisor going over farm plan with a rehabilitation borrower as his family looks on.
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Coop Service Station

Date: 1939
Description: A serviceman checks the oil of a car at the Madison Co-op Station. During the 1930s the cooperative movement in Wisconsin expanded its rural base to offer ...
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Delivery of Bread Right To Your Door

Date: 1939
Description: A woman standing on her doorstep buys bread from a deliveryman. His truck is parked in the driveway. Text on the truck reads "Capitol Bakers, 'Right' to yo...
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Miller Wagon and Truck

Date: 1939
Description: The Miller Brewing wagon, filled with barrels of beer, and a Miller delivery truck. The caption on the photograph reads "1855-1939".
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Lace Factory, New Glarus

Date: 1939
Description: Three women are sitting behind a long table and working with lace. Large machinery is behind them.
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Smelt Carnival Wrestling Match

Date: 04 1939
Description: A man, wearing galoshes, is standing in a sports ring and dumping fish out of a box labeled Lester Fisher Fisheries. People are in the background behind th...
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Dickeyville Grotto

Date: 06 25 1939
Description: The Dickeyville Grotto is a small shrine made out of stone, mortar, colorful rocks and found objects. The modern door is made of glass and metal. A large s...
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Lock and Dam No. 11

Date: 05 21 1939
Description: Elevated view of the General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11, located on the Mississippi River between Dubuque, Iowa, and Grant County, Wisconsin. The Loc...
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North Main Street Looking South

Date: 03 28 1939
Description: Street view of buildings in the center of a small town. Sidewalks run along both sides of the street. Automobiles are parked diagonally on the right and al...
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East Main Street Looking East

Date: 03 27 1939
Description: Street view of buildings in the center of a small town. A sidewalk runs along the left side of the street, and automobiles are parked on both sides. In the...
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East Main Street Looking West

Date: 03 28 1939
Description: Street view of buildings in the center of a small town. Sidewalks run along both sides of the street and automobiles are parked along the curbs. On the cor...

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