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Ships Tied Up for Winter

Date: 1950
Description: Overhead view of ships tied up for the winter in slips.
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Farmall H Tractor and Manure Spreader

Date: 1950
Description: Farmer spreading manure in a field with a Farmall H tractor and manure spreader (possibly a model 100).
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Armed Forces Day

Date: 1950
Description: Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on.
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Young Child on Picket Line

Date: 1950
Description: A young child, Frank Hill, walking the picket line at a strike with an older man. The adult's sign reads: "Construction Workers organize for hours, wages a...
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Making Friends

Date: 1950
Description: A small raccoon sniffs the head of an unsure-looking baby sitting in a car seat outdoors on a sidewalk against the side of a building.
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Window Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A woman and young girl review the latest fashion merchandise in a retail window display.
Postcard

Third Street in Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1950
Description: View of cars parked alongside businesses on Third Street. Bassett's Drugstore is on the left side of the street.
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Unitarian Church and Vet's Hospital

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Frank Lloyd-Wright-dsigned Unitarian Church under construction and the Veteran's Administration Hospital, also under construction, to th...
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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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Bong P-38 Memorial

Date: 1950
Description: An early view of the Richard Ira Bong Memorial - a P-38, although not a plane that Bong himself flew. The plane was acquired from the Air Force by the loca...
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Practical Joke

Date: 1950
Description: Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench.
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International Metro Trans Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of an International Metro Trans delivery truck for Thalimers' Department Store(?) parked outside a house.
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International LB-110 Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of a man delivering Bamby brand baked goods to a residential neighborhood. The truck is one of twenty-five International LB-110 trucks ope...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the roof trusses during construction of the Unitarian Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1950
Description: View looking up at the Methodist Episcopal church over tree covered formations on the banks of Arkansaw Creek.
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Aztalan Museum

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the Aztalan Museum after restoration. The building, originally a church with a steeple, was built in 1852.
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Middle College Building, Beloit College

Date: 1950
Description: Middle College building, Beloit College.
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Primitive Methodist Church

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of Primitive Methodist Church, built in 1864.
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Residence

Date: 1950
Description: View across street of a residence.
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House in Cassville

Date: 1950
Description: Single-story house with a wrap-around porch and a yard. There is a larger building on the right, and a hill is in the background.

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