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| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street with bridge in Darlington. Cars are parked in the center of the street at an angle. |
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| Description: | As part of a statewide boycott of Wilson products, delegates to the State Federation of Labor in Cedar Rapids participate in an automobile parade. One car-... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Central Building. Seven story building with a walkway connecting to the second floor over the road on the right. Cars are parked in front... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from shoreline of Lake Monona towards Monona shoreline. There is a road, railroad tracks, and a rocky beach area with parked au... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking south over Lake Monona. Shoreline and automobiles in parking lot in lower right, next to a road. Railroad tracks cross the lake and b... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of dirt parking lot between a road and the lake. Steam is rising from the lake, and the far shoreline can be seen in the distance. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the exterior of the Wisconsin Center for adult education at 702 Langdon Street. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an aerial view of town. There is a lake in the background in the upper left. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Parked limousine with open doors on a Havana street at the end of the Cuban Revolution. Two men in the foreground appear to be taking photographs of the ve... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of International Metro trucks in a parking lot beside factory buildings. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of International Metro trucks parked beside a highway overpass. A group of cars are parked in the background on the left. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of International Metro trucks parked in a lot beside factory buildings. |
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| Description: | Motel that was formerly a clandestine safe-house for the 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution. Parking lot with a blue car in front of a pink,... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Metro trucks and Metro-Mites parked bumper to bumper in an outdoor lot at the Metropolitan Body company, an International Harvester subsid... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Metro trucks and Metro-Mites parked bumper to bumper in an outdoor lot at the Metropolitan Body company, an International Harvester subsidiary. The truck a... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Westgate Shopping Center under construction. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Lake Mendota is on the far right. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Two views of Hurley. At the top is the Cary Mine. On the bottom is Silver Street lined with clubs and electric signs. Caption reads: "Greetings from Hurley... |
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