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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front entrance to Notre Dame Hall; taken at an angle. The name of the hall is above the arched doorway. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the college. Several buildings make up the college, surrounded by paths, roads, fields and trees. Caption reads: "Mount Mary College." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Small neighborhood of the city at the west end of the Menomonee River Valley. Overhead is the second Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct, demolished in 1992. Cars a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Six story building with three flag poles above the main entrance. Several people are on the sidewalk around the building and cars parked on the road. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Swimming area with children and adults enjoying the weather, with the Tower Hotel is in the background. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | There is a sign painted on a building at right that reads "Schlitz". In the bottom right are railroad cars. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across street of storefronts, including a barbershop, and a sign reading "Alamo" above a marquee that says "Free Poultry and Country Store". The 1100 ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue with a car at the pumps. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a car buried in fresh snow while parked outside a building. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Railroad train cars are stopped on the tracks and smoke is rising fr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Corner of Second and National Avenue. Cars are lined up on both sides of the street in front of storefronts. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, though other tracks are sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, with other tracks sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the background, ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man in a suit and hat is standing on the side of a train engine in a train yard. Railroad employees can be seen in and on the train, and a group of men a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque mounted at front door of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Plaque donated by t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Bradley Hospital on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building was a gift of H.C. Bradley and was used for the treatment of ... |
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