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Interstate I-43

Date: 1981
Description: Fond du Lac Avenue (State Highway 145) exit from Interstate I-43 in Milwaukee. As originally conceived, the interstate system in Wisconsin was to consist ...
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Snowy Traffic Jam

Date: 02 02 1967
Description: Winter scene of a snowstorm that hit Milwaukee just at rush hour creating a traffic headache for homebound commuters (seen here at Wisconsin and Milwaukee ...
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Automobile Exhaust

Date: 02 1977
Description: Automobile exhaust on a cold February morning in Milwaukee.
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New York City Street

Date: 1969
Description: Several automobiles and trucks pass through a New York City street. A bridge is visible in the left background, and a construction crane can be seen in the...
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Women Protestors in a Judge's Office

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Six irate women drivers sit in the office of superior court judge Roy H. Proctor's office to protest his dismissal of a traffic charge against a male drive...
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Vehicle at Stop Sign

Date: 01 1928
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat stopping an automobile at a stop sign on a dirt road as a truck approaches from the opposite direction.
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Automobile Stopped at Railroad Crossing

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railr...
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Strongs Avenue from Clark Street

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Description: View down Strong's Avenue, taken from Clark Street. Automobiles park on either side of the street near storefronts. Perpendicular to Strongs Avenue is Main...
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The Slinger House Pub and Grill

Date: 06 08 2001
Description: "The Slinger House is at 100 W. Washington St. in Slinger, WI, at the intersection of Highway's 175 & 144."
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Road Sign Warning of Curve Ahead

Date: 05 1926
Description: A sign reading: "Look Curve L." is posted along the side of a paved road. An automobile is on the road in the background.
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally Official Auto Trails Map, District No. 8 : Wisconsin, Northern Ill., Northern Mich.

Date: 1920
Description: This early road map shows the system of roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michig...
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally Official Auto Trails Map : District No. 8, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Northeast Iowa, Northern Michigan

Date: 1923
Description: This early road map shows the system of roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michig...
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Automobiles on Road

Date: 1922
Description: View down dirt road towards two automobiles, next to each other and going in different directions. Another automobile is parked in the background. On the r...
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Automobile and Plow

Date: 1922
Description: View down dirt road towards a man, seen from behind, sitting on a plow pulled by a team of two horses, near an automobile facing the camera. Next to the au...
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Theresa Intersection

Date: 04 1996
Description: "Solomon Juneau, a devout Catholic, named Henni Street after his friend, Bishop John M. Henni. Bishop Henni (1805-1881) headed the newly designated dioces...
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Bonduel Street

Date: 04 1996
Description: "Bonduel Street was named after Reverend Fleurimont Bonduel, a missionary from Green Bay. Bonduel, in 1837, celebrated the first mass in Milwaukee in the ...
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Driver's View

Date: 1957
Description: View from inside front seat of an automobile looking toward intersection of Midvale Avenue and Odana Road.
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Man Driving Scout on Road

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Description: Three-quarter view from front of man driving a Scout up a hill. In the background are houses on a steep hill behind a fence.
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View across East Washington Avenue towards the Gisholt factory at the intersection of Baldwin Street. There is an enclosed skybridge (called an "overhead" ...
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Emergency Snow Route

Date: 01 1972
Description: Automobiles are traveling through a winter storm on snow-covered roads.

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