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Aztalan State Park Prior to Reconstruction

Date: 1945
Description: Field with contours, and two mounds.
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Aztalan State Park

Date: 1945
Description: Field prior to the park's reconstruction, with a fence in the foreground. A river is at the bottom of the hill.
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Badger Ordnance

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of the "powder storage area" of the Badger Ordnance Plant.
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St. Camillus Novitiate in Durwards Glen

Date: 1945
Description: View across grounds toward the St. Camillus Novitiate and the footpath leading to it. Waukesha in process. Caption reads: "St. Camillus Novitiate in Durwar...
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Beaver Creek Lutheran Church

Date: 1945
Description: View of a rural church on a hill and its adjacent cemetery. Beaver Creek Lutheran Church was or still is a Norwegian church.
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Gathering Maple Syrup

Date: 1945
Description: Two men and a child in Granton (vicinity), Clark County, Wisconsin. They are gathering maple syrup with a horse-drawn sled.
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Polperro House

Date: 1945
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was...
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Polperro House

Date: 1945
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was...
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Tower Hill Smelter

Date: 1945
Description: A marker at the former site of the smelter which stood at the top of the shot tower shaft. The sign reads: "Tower Hill State Park The Old Shot Tower At thi...
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Midway Barns

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Midway Barns, constructed in 1938 on the farmland adjoining Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex. Taliesin...
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Taliesin

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex, with the Wisconsin River visible at the top. Taliesin is located...
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Lincoln-Todd Monument

Date: 1945
Description: Lincoln-Todd Monument in East Park. Caption reads: "Lincoln-Todd Monument, Racine, Wisconsin".
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Little Norway Building

Date: 1945
Description: One of the larger buildings of "Little Norway."
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Mitchell-Rountree House

Date: 1945
Description: A view of the Mitchell-Rountree house. Built in 1837 for the Rev. Samueal Mitchell under the direction of his daughter's husband, Major John H. roundtree, ...
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Saint Raphael's Cathedral

Date: 1945
Description: View of St. Raphael's Cathedral on West Main Street.
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Group of Holocaust Survivors Listen to Orchestra

Date: 1945
Description: Group of Holocaust survivors who were in quarantine after WWII listen to an orchestra playing on their behalf outdoors; Smalands Anneberg, Sweden, Summer.
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Arboretum Entrance

Date: 1945
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison entrance to Arboretum. Two stone walls flank the road. Two informational signs, including the speed limit, are past the e...
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Statue of Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1945
Description: Sculpture of Lincoln in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall is in the background, and snow covers the ground. T...
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 1945
Description: Lincoln Monument in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The base of the statue has state names carved into it.
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International M Tractor with Snowplow

Date: 1945
Description: Man plowing snow with an International M tractor and snowplow. Original caption reads: "Then equipped with Trojan Vee-type snow plow as shown, the Trojan o...

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