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Canoeing on Rainbow Lake

Date: 1945
Description: Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes.
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View from Lake Monona

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona with a tree, pier and boat in the foreground.
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M-5 Prime Mover

Date: 1945
Description: Soldiers pulling 155mm howitzer with an M-5 tractor at Camp Adair, Oregon. The original caption reads: "This is the new M-5 tractor which replaces 2 and o...
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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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Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1945
Description: The hotel has a sign above the porch that reads: "Old Denniston House".
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Lafayette County Courhouse

Date: 1945
Description: Front view of the Lafayette County courthouse.
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Eagle River Bridge

Date: 1945
Description: View towards the Eagle River bridge. Caption reads: "Eagle River Bridge, Eagle River, Wis."
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American Baptist Assembly Roger Williams Inn

Date: 1945
Description: Front entrance of the Roger Williams Inn, American Baptist Assembly grounds.
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Schley Home

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Schley home on the corner of North Astor Street and East Juneau Avenue. It was built ca. 1850.
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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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Tower Hill Trail

Date: 1945
Description: Tower Hill State Park trail leading to the top of the shot tower shaft.
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Tower Hill Trail

Date: 1945
Description: Tower Hill State Park trail to the top of the shot tower shaft.
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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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Pine River

Date: 1945
Description: View of a footbridge over the Pine River. Boats are laying in the grass in the foreground.
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Church of Christ, Scientist

Date: 1945
Description: Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Science church outside of Boston and the first in America built for this purpose.
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Outagamie County Court House

Date: 1945
Description: Linen-type postcard depicting Outagamie County Court House. This view was issued by the Curt Teich company in 1945, the year in which Joseph R. McCarthy, c...
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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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Main and Monona Streets

Date: 1945
Description: View from the corner of Main and Monona Streets looking east toward the Tenney Building.
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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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Camp Randall and Student Housing

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of married student housing located next to the baseball field near Camp Randall stadium and the Field House.

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