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Williamson Street with Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 1940
Description: The 600 block of Williamson Street ("Machinery Row") with the old Fauerbach Brewery in the background.
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Wisconsin State Capitol at Night

Date: 1940
Description: Panorama view, elevated, of the Wisconsin State Capitol at night from the roof of a building on Monona Avenue. The First National Bank and the Belmont Hote...
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Keenan House

Date: 1940
Description: The Keenan House at 28 East Gilman Street, which was the residence of Dr. George Keenan, Chauncey Williams, and Col. J.H. Knight, and today a Madison landm...
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International D-30 Armored Truck

Date: 1940
Description: International D-30 truck with a silver streamlined armored body built for Brinks, Inc. A man is sitting the driver's seat.
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St. Frances Xavier Church in Cross Plains

Date: 1940
Description: Front view of St. Frances Xavier Catholic church.
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Iowa County Court House

Date: 1940
Description: View across street towards cars parked in front of the Iowa County Court House.
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Buena Vista House

Date: 1940
Description: View across street towards the inn, with three cars parked in front. There is a "Chicken & Steak Dinner" sign, as well as a "Schlitz" beer sign. The cobbl...
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Waukesha Motor Works

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the Waukesha Motor Works.
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Hamacher Hotel

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Hamacher Hotel on West Mifflin Street.
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Fountain Street Cottage

Date: 1940
Description: A cottage on the corner of Fountain Street and Chestnut Street.
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Butler Home, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Butler home.
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Main Street

Date: 1940
Description: Main Street, showing a grocery store, restaurant, and the Up and Down Tavern.
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Art's Tavern

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view from street of Art's Tavern.
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Droster Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1940
Description: Children standing on barrels in front of Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue, run by Red Whitney. The children are Whitney's nieces ...
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Droster Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1940
Description: Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue with a car at the pumps.
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Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: A man walks down Main Street towards an Amoco station and parked cars. To his left, a sign advertises "The Art Center" located on Hoyt's Lane. The Leavit...
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Street Car in Krakow

Date: 1940
Description: A street car in Krakow photographed by American journalist Alvin Steinkopf while on a tour of German-occupied Poland. He labeled it in his scrapbook."Jews ...
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Ghetto Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Street scene in the Jewish ghetto in Szydlowiec, Poland, photographed by American journalist Alvin Steinkopf, about one year after the German invasion.
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Sarajevo Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: A wide load on a Sarajevo street, about a year before the Kingdom of Yugoslavia fell to the Germans.
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Sarajevo Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Wood carts and drivers on a street in Sarajevo, about a year before the city fell to the Germans.

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