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Wrecked Studebaker at Accident Scene

Date: 10 19 1946
Description: Accident scene involving a Findorff cement truck and a Studebaker coupe that were involved in a head-on crash on Highway 12 & 18 near the Royal Airport, sh...
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Field of Petroleum Derricks

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Description: Next to a billboard, a road cuts through a field of petroleum derricks.
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Aerial View of Cable

Date: 1936
Description: Aerial view of Cable, in northern Wisconsin. Text at foot reads: "Airplane View of Cable, Wis. 244."
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International KR-11 Truck with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1944
Description: Man driving an International KR-11 truck with semi-trailer (semi-truck) on a rural highway. The truck was owned and operated by West Motor Freight of Boyer...
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Bauer's Restaurant

Date: 06 1960
Description: "Bauer's Restaurant in Campbellsport was a landmark in the area. The owner, 'Mush' Bauer, was an extremely overweight man."
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M & E Restaurant

Date: 06 1960
Description: "The M & E Restaurant, now closed, located near the intersection of Highway 41 & 28, was operated by Milton & Elda Coulter."
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Schlitz Beer Sign

Date: 1960
Description: "Schlitz beer sign on Highway 41."
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Elephants on Country Road

Date: 1920
Description: Three elephants on the side of the road near Holloway Farm. Two of the elephants are chained together. They may have been circus animals going from one tow...
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Snow Scene

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with a large group of people digging a car out of the snow with shovels. The car can barely be seen in the center of the cro...
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Horse-Drawn Cultipackers

Date: 06 10 1915
Description: View from front of a team of two horses pulling a man on a cultipacker in a field. There are buildings in the background on the left and right, and on the ...
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Highway Leading into Town

Date: 11 01 1928
Description: View down highway towards a small town at the bottom of the hill. Trucks are coming up the hill. Tree-lined hills are in the background.
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IH Billboard

Date: 12 26 1928
Description: A large billboard reads: "International Harvester Motor Truck Works and Branch House, 1/2 M. South."
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: The traffic jam of automobiles and pedestrians trying to get to the presidential campaign rally for the-Vice President Nixon at the Madison Municipal airpo...

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