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Madeline Island Historical Museum Under Construction

Date: 1956
Description: Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin...
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Kierig-Babbitt Building in Bloomer

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of the Kierig-Babbitt building, built in 1880.
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Bloomington Public School

Date: 1956
Description: School known as the "old stone school," the first public school building in Bloomington. The clock tower replaced the former bell tower.
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Automobile Race at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1956
Description: Automobiles drive past the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds as they prepare for the beginning of the race.
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Milwaukee Normal School

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior of building, which was first occupied in June 1885. It stood at the corner of 18th and Wells Streets.
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Covering the President

Date: 1956
Description: Rear view of a parade of reporters in open cars following President Eisenhower on a rural road in Iowa. The President is standing in an open car at the rig...
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Connie Moore and LuRay Arms

Date: 1956
Description: Friends Connie Moore (left) and LuRay (Frenchie) Arms pose comically with a motorcycle at 1851 South Park Street. Two children can be seen behind them sitt...
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Arms Family at Devil's Lake

Date: 1956
Description: Lewis, LuRay, Nellie and Bernard Arms arrive at Devil's Lake in a maroon DeSoto convertible automobile. This was the day after Lewis and LuRay's wedding.
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Lewis Arms with a Guitar

Date: 1956
Description: Lewis Arms sits on the trunk of a 1949 convertible (DeSoto?) automobile, strumming a guitar.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Fond du Lac

Date: 1956
Description: Includes street index. Shows local streets, parks, highways, railroads, Fond du Lac River, and part of lake Winnebago. Also includes text on points of inte...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

Date: 1956
Description: This map shows local streets, roads, railroads, highways, parks, cemeteries, hospitals, the University of Wisconsin, Middleton, Maple Bluff, Shorewood Hill...
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Taking a Stroll Over the Brule River

Date: 1956
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs and her daughter Mary are walking over the Brule River on a wood bridge with iron railings. Three men and one woman are walking with...

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