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| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | View of entrance and headquarters or administration building at a Marine Corps base, possibly Camp Elliot. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A uniformed delivery man is standing next to an International D-15 truck parked near the curb in a residential neighborhood. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Young girl brushing a fawn on a patch of grassland. Original description reads: "The daughter of Esperanza's ranch foreman gives her pet fawn a Sunday morn... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A fleet of four pickup trucks of various makes and a larger truck, all advertising L.C. Welch Plumbing and Heating on the door. They are parked on a reside... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The entrance to "Place of Hawks," the home of author August Derleth, built in 1940. The stone house is roofed with a kind of thatch. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A barn, windmill and shed on the grounds of The Farm Kitchen, a restaurant near Baraboo and Devil's Lake State Park. Stones line a parking area, and a swin... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | U.S. soldiers are sitting on the ground between classes at Shrivenham. The school at Shrivenham was operated by the Army after the end of the war, and thi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Scene at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) showing bear pits. Caption reads: "Zoo at Vilas Park, Madison, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Chautauqua Grounds, founded in 1874. A log cottage stands on the left, and another wooden cottage can be seen on the right. Caption reads: "Cot... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | The statue of Lincoln as a young man stands on the Ripon College campus, west of Farr Hall. Alumnus Clarence A. Shaler created the sculpture, delivered in ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a Norwegian building at Little Norway in Blue Mounds. Built in Norway by the Norwegian Government, for the Columbian Exposition, Chic... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Visitors to the historic Charles A. Grignon House (built 1837-1839), probably during the 1940s. The visitors are seated on a corner of the front porch unde... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the village green, with rustic bridges and dwellings in the background. Automobiles are further down the street. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Lakeside view from pier of large two-story house and grounds on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | View of the Al. Ringling Theatre from across 4th Street. Neighboring businesses include Pointon Appliance, and an antique shop. Several cars are parked alo... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A man films a family as they sit at a picnic table and eat lunch at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View across street of an International K-8 truck in a residential driveway. Original caption reads: "the new type units being operated by Aero Mayflower Tr... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | International KB-7 with sleeper cab and semi-trailer owned by Aero Mayflower Transit Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. View from street shows a man on the la... |
| Date: | 07 1949 |
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| Description: | "This is the Reklau farm south of Theresa on Cty Trk P. A portion of the building on the right side of the driveway was moved to the Theresa Historical Soc... |
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