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Sign for Lost Canyon

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Description: Sign for Lost Canyon, with people standing near a car in the foreground.
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Site of Future Bridge

Date: 1922
Description: Construction site with construction crew working, people walking on the sidewalk, and a billboard advertising Oshkosh B'gosh.
Poster

Invest at Least 10% in War Bonds

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 21, "Lincoln." The poster features a painting of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. with the following phrase spanning the top bo...
Photograph

Bridge Over River

Date: 1910
Description: Bridge in the downtown area crossing the Milwaukee River. City buildings reach into the background, with the farthest fading out. Many people are crossin...
Postcard

Grand Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: West from Third Street. Advertising signs for Schlitz, People's Credit Clothing Co., Peoples Dentist, and other businesses line the buildings along the roa...
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People Gathered for Scrap Drive Parade

Date: 05 18 1942
Description: Elevated view of a large group of people gathered with tractors and trucks for a scrap parade in a downtown area. In the background automobiles are parked ...
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Davidson Theatre and Hotel

Date: 1900
Description: Davidson Theatre and Hotal at 135-137 Third Street. Signs for advertisements identify the buildings that are visible. Carriages and people are on the road...
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Madison View from Lake Monona

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Description: View across water towards the shoreline of the eastern isthmus of Madison, including the MG&E power plant smokestacks. A group of people appear to be fishi...
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Lewis D-X Station at Night

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Front door of Lewis D-X Service Station at night, 118 King Street. Sign on door reads: "We meet the finest people in the world at this station --- our cust...
Photograph

Gas Station Explosion

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: A worker is sorting through the rubble from the collapsed Kleinheinz Pennco service station (Pennsylvania Oil Company), 702 S. Park Street. People in the ...
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Dane County Oil Company Explosion

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Exterior view of Dane County Oil Company, 1854 South Park Street, following an explosion of an anti-freeze can which killed one person and injured five.
Postcard

Wisconsin Central Depot

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Description: View of the Central Wisconsin Depot looking southeast. A few people are on the platform. There is a billboard for Gulf Coast Country across the street. Cap...
Photograph

Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. People, automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles line the dirt-covered street and sidewalks. A Gold Medal Flour billboar...
Photograph

Car Wreck, Sun Prairie Road

Date: 08 03 1934
Description: View down road towards a group of people looking at an overturned automobile belonging to Fred Swanson. Fred and Norma Swanson, Dorothy Thompson, Edward an...
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Women Wearing Hats Walking on Sidewalk

Date: 1912
Description: Young women carrying purses and wearing very large hats are walking down a sidewalk. A person on the left is holding an umbrella, and one woman is holding ...
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Theater Line on Street at Uptown Theatre

Date: 02 02 1946
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...
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Snow Scene

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with a large group of people digging a car out of the snow with shovels. The car can barely be seen in the center of the cro...
Poster

"Man Those Idle Machines!"

Date: 1943
Description: War Manpower Commission Design No. 2, "Uncle Sam." The poster features Uncle Sam pointing his thumb at the people working at machines behind him. The subti...
Photograph

Panoramic Street View

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Description: Panoramic street view, with small groups of people scattered about, and standing on the sidewalks near buildings lining the unpaved street. On the sides of...

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