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| Date: | 12 1980 |
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| Description: | A large shadow from a cement wall is cast over the parking lot to Clark Gas Station at 2422 West Capitol Drive. A billboard for Coronet VSQ Brandy is mount... |
| Date: | 03 24 1980 |
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| Description: | A birch tree is in the center foreground. Behind it is a municipal parking lot with an automobile parked in it near the storefront of Neubauer's Sporting G... |
| Date: | 04 16 1980 |
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| Description: | View from across street of a rectangular dilapidated building featuring arched windows. A billboard for H. Dan Wright Insurance is under the fire escape. |
| Date: | 07 28 1957 |
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| Description: | The car and driver that won the Madison Soap Box Derby in 1957 at the starting line. The car is called "Phillipson Garage" and the driver is Van Steiner of... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Automobiles and trucks are parked in a row in front of a former International Harvester dealership. A sign on the side of the building advertises 7 up soda... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | View from road of the storefront of Truck & Tractor, Inc., an International Harvester dealership. An Olympic Transportation Co. truck is parked near the en... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from across road of the storefront of an International Harvester agricultural equipment dealership with a fenced-off side yard. Advertisement... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Soldiers from the second Wisconsin regiment line a city street upon returning from Puerto Rico. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View from pier or dock of buildings along the Milwaukee River, including a building with a clock tower. Signage on brick exteriors reads "J.C. Iverson Co. ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the junction of Congress and First Streets downtown, featuring cars, pedestrians, storefronts, and railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large metal scrap pile in an empty lot at the Kronquest Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Billboards next to the... |
| Date: | 09 11 1936 |
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| Description: | View from across street of a man holding a carton of milk bottles and standing next to an International truck owned by Border Cities Dairy. The truck is pa... |
| Date: | 05 18 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large group of people gathered with tractors and trucks for a scrap parade in a downtown area. In the background automobiles are parked ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | An International Model M truck parked in front of several billboard advertisements near a large brick building. The billboards include advertisements for "... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Close-up of "Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares," a sculpture by Yevgeniy Vuchetich donated to the United Nations by the Soviet Union. The sculpture shows... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman standing in front of closed stalls on Coney Island. The framework for the Devil's Pit roller coaster rises in the background behind dilapidated si... |
| Date: | 05 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Drum majorette leading band around the corner from West Main Street onto South Carroll Street in the Wisconsin Knights of Columbus Golden Jubilee parade. S... |
| Date: | 04 1960 |
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| Description: | The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event wa... |
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| Description: | View down Water Street, with billboards advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. There is also a bridge ... |
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| Description: | Panoramic street view, with small groups of people scattered about, and standing on the sidewalks near buildings lining the unpaved street. On the sides of... |
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