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| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Electrical overhead street light suspended above road. A truck is parked on the right, and houses and trees line both sides of the road. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Madison High School (later known as Central High School, demolished), 210 Wisconsin Avenue, designed by Cass Gilbert and built in 1908. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View of hospital from Park Street. A sign for the ambulance entrance under the street sign points to the right. |
| Date: | 02 02 1946 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards a line of people formed down and around a street corner at the Uptown Theatre. The marquee advertises showings of "San Ant... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Man pumps gas into an automobile at the Consolidated Boat Co. There is advertising for Coca-Cola, Baby Ruth, and Occident Flour on the side of the small fr... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Women's dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at the corner of Park Street and University Avenue. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View across road of E.B. Fred Hall, the first home of the bacteriology department, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building is set behin... |
| Date: | 04 28 1949 |
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| Description: | A Badger Bus Company bus picking up passengers on Fairchild Street due to the Union Bus Station being closed because of a Northland Greyhound Bus strike. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Man standing with a pie container next to an International model D-15-M truck with Metro body. According to the original caption, "Chef Wright" is the driv... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from the driver's seat of an International Metro truck, showing part of the steering wheel and a city street beyond. Automobiles are parked near the c... |
| Date: | 11 16 1989 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Waupaca County Highway K as it curves near a house. |
| Date: | 01 20 1989 |
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| Description: | Main Street (USH 10) in the village, with storefronts and a used car dealership. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Men using an Adams #5 1/2 Road Grader to work on an urban street. The grader was owned by the State Paving and Construction Co. Original caption states: "G... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing with an International A tractor owned by the City of Bloomington. The tractor has a grader and front loader attached. The men are prep... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A car drives on a main street in a downtown business district. |
| Date: | 03 14 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the story of "Madison's hippie haunts" in Insight Magazine and the Milwaukee Journal. Features a street view of West Miffl... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Two K-5 International trucks equipped with hoses and ladders used by the Camp Pendleton fire department are parked near a building and a road sign. The ori... |
| Date: | 03 13 1950 |
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| Description: | A woman is standing at a bus stop at the end of Monroe Street, the entrance to Nakoma, where puddles from melting snow cause water from passing traffic to ... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | View down a winding, hilly country road. A full moon is in the background, just above the horizon line. |
| Date: | 05 25 1963 |
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| Description: | The Highway OOO sign at a road junction. Several automobiles are visible in the background along a road. |
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