District 1 photographs, ca. 1929-1998.

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District 1 photographs, ca. 1929-1998.

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Photographs and negatives of state roads and bridges, road construction, and rural and urban street scapes in District 1. Included are views of Highway 51, 113, 151, and I-90 in Columbia, Dane, Green, Rock, and Sauk counties. Also included are examples of road signs, bridges, highway equipment, and aerial views of the interstate highway. A number of the images were produced under the auspices of the State HIghway Commission.

306 photographs (1 archives box) and19 negatives (1 box)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923225

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin. Division of Transportation Districts

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