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Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: A view from shoreline below a bridge that crosses the Wisconsin River. There are two signs on the upper level of the bridge. One is for weight limit and th...
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Wisconsin Power and Light Truck Rear View

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Description: Rear view of a bed box built by the Ideal Body Company for the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. A man is standing on the right of the truck, which is par...
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The Troubled Air

Date: 09 1955
Description: Sky and clouds above Highway 43, west of Kenosha. Guard rails line the highway on both sides and trees can be seen on the left side.
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Icy Arches

Date: 1969
Description: An ice storm has coated the trees beside Highway 32 between Waheno and Laona. A guard rail is in the foreground.
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Bridge Over River

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Description: Elevated view over buildings of men and women walking across a bridge over a high river. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
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Highway 61

Date: 1920
Description: View from hillside of car driving down a winding road. Their are cornfields on both sides of the road.
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Parting for Progress

Date: 1961
Description: Two automobiles driving on a highway cutting between two halves of a rock outcropping. The rock was blasted to build the road.
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Lake Tomahawk

Date: 1955
Description: The shore of Lake Tomahawk.
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Children Playing in Snow

Date: 11 30 1976
Description: Elevated view of children sliding on the snow near the Bay Street overpass to Jones Island. The children are walking up the hill. In the background is a st...
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Brooklyn Bridge

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Description: View down hill of the Brooklyn Bridge and houses.
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New Fane

Date: 1932
Description: Looking west along County Trunk Highway SS (now CTH DD) from the hill east of the New Fane School. The brick school, with its bell tower and widow's walk, ...
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Highway 11

Date: 1928
Description: A car drives across a metal bridge on Highway 11.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 19 1936
Description: Eldon Raemisch, age 14, in his championship car, No. 32. The Madison Soap Box Derby was held on Wilson Street in 1936. Eldon's car was the heaviest...
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Scene on County Trunk F

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Description: View down curving road of a car driving towards the lone house in the distance.
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West Main Street

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Description: View across street of a storefront at a snowy intersection.
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New Concrete Bridge

Date: 1921
Description: View from opposite bank of two horse-drawn buggies crossing the newly constructed bridge over a river.
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Rephotographic Pair: Road To Blue Mounds

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of a road to Blue Mounds, presented as a pair.
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De Pere Bridge with Cars

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the bridge, with several cars driving on it. On the left and right are streets below the bridge. In the distance are smokestacks and water...
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Gays Mills from Above

Date: 1950
Description: View from hill through two trees over a road with a guard fence, overlooking the town laid out along a main thoroughfare. The area is heavily forested, and...
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Battle Hollow Sign

Date: 1927
Description: View of the Battle Hollow sign along an unpaved road. In the distance on the left is a rock formation covered with trees. Sign reads: "Battle Hollow Clack ...

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