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| Date: | 12 10 1951 |
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| Description: | Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View through the covered bridge over Cedar Creek in Ozaukee County on highway, about one mile north of Cedarburg. The last remaining covered bridge in Wisc... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Historical marker of the Namekagon Portage on the Lac Court Oreilles Native American Reservation. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | "Pioneer Military Road - 1835 - Fort Howard, Greenbay - To Fort Crawford, Prairie Du Chien - Erected by Col. C.R. Pier Circle - Ladies of C.A.R. 1931." |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View of a Wisconsin Historical Marker about the orchards. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Octagon House, built by the Hon. John Richards and completed in about 1852. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Masonic Temple marker to commemorate the first Masonic Temple erected in Wisconsin, built in 1845. The marker and temple were moved in 1950 from the town t... |
| Date: | 12 1952 |
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| Description: | In Washington park, Washington Park library in the background. Nighttime view, with snow falling. The statue of Frederick Von Steuben on horseback preside... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a plaque on a rock near the curb close to the entrance to the tower. |
| Date: | 03 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Walter S. Alcumbrac, Madison superintendent of the Madison division of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, (right) receives a plaque for the bes... |
| Date: | 05 21 1950 |
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| Description: | Edgewater Hotel dedicated to Madison contractor and civic leader John H. Findorff, builder of the hotel. Dedication is marked with a bronze plaque hanging... |
| Date: | 06 17 1950 |
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| Description: | F. Ryan Duffy (left) U.S. Circuit Court Judge of Chicago presents Class of 1910 rededication of its "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque on Bascom Hill. Presiden... |
| Date: | 08 22 1950 |
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| Description: | A memorial plaque in honor of Corporal Kenneth Grosse was presented to the air force man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grosse, center, and their daughter, P... |
| Date: | 09 21 1950 |
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| Description: | Plaques, trophies, and medals won by members of the Madison police department stand on display in a new trophy case constructed by patrolman Les Shore. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Outside a Chicago A&P grocery store, striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America urge shoppers to boycott products of the Cudahy company... |
| Date: | 12 09 1951 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the Hugh Sinclair Rink from Milwaukee who won the fourth event finals of the seventh annual Midwest Curling Bonspiel with thei... |
| Date: | 02 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Boy Scouts ring a replica of the Liberty Bell to launch the three year progam of Wisconsin Boy Scouts. The bell stands in the Wisconsin State Historical So... |
| Date: | 03 05 1952 |
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| Description: | Harold E. Frye, vice-president and general manager of the Forbes-Meagher Music Company, is shown at center as he received the Outstanding Man of the Year a... |
| Date: | 06 25 1953 |
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| Description: | Three Wisconsin veterans service officers display a citation from the Disabled American Veterans for outstanding service. Holding the plaque is O.N. Marcus... |
| Date: | 08 21 1952 |
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| Description: | A man, probably Walter Howaniec, stands outside the McCormick Works factory while holding two picket signs during a worker strike. |
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