Bicycle license plates have been issued since the mid-1930s. Bicycle license plates started with badges mounted to a bicycle, but after a while changed to actual plates. Around the 1950s, plate sizes were standardized and the basic format was sued from the 1950s to 2002.
I don't know much about bicycle license plates. Luckily, my old 4th grade teacher specializes in Wisconsin bicycle license plates.
Color table codes:
-- continues to next year
- sticker
Appleton
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38 |
39 |
40 |
41 |
42 |
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45 |
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47 |
48 |
49 |
50 |
51 |
52 |
53 |
54 |
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56 |
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60 |
61 |
62 |
63 |
64 |
65 |
66 |
67 68 |
69 70 |
71 72 |
73 74 |
Athens
Baraboo
Baraboo license plates haven't been confirmed before 1974. Plates were dated for two different years.
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73 74 |
75 76 |
77 78 |
79 80 |
81 82 |
Beaver Dam
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39 |
41 |
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51 52 |
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64 65 |
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67 68 |
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71 72 |
72 73 |
73 74 |
74 75 |
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77 78 |
78-- |
81 |
83- |
85- |
87- |
Undated |
Bloomer
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66 67 |
70 71 |
71 72 |
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73 74 |
74 75 |
75 76 |
76 78 |
78 80 |
80 82 |
82 84 |
84 86 |
86 88 |
88 89 |
90- |
Brookfield
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57 |
58 59 |
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62 63 |
64 65 |
65 |
66 67 |
68 69 |
70-- |
71 |
72 73 |
74 75 |
76 77 |
78 79 |
80-- |
81 |
81 82 |
82 83 |
Burlington
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63 64 |
71 72 |
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77 78 |
81 82 |
83 84- |
Cleveland
Elm Grove
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59 |
61 63 |
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66 67 |
68 69 |
70-- |
71 |
72 73 |
74 75 |
76 77 |
78 79 |
80-- |
81 |
82 83 |
Fennimore
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66 68 |
71 72 |
73 74 |
75 76 |
77 78 |
79 80 |
81 82 |
Fond Du Lac
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37 |
38 |
39 |
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41 42 |
42 43 |
43 44 |
44 45 |
45 46 |
46 47 |
47 48 |
48 49 |
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51 |
53 |
55 |
57 |
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61 |
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65 |
67 |
69 |
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71 |
73 |
75 |
76 |
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79- |
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81 |
83 |
Genoa City
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58 59 |
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66 67 |
19 67 |
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19 70 |
71 |
72 |
Green Bay
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40 |
41 |
42 43 |
43 |
44 |
45 |
46 |
47 |
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50 |
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54 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
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59 60 |
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63 64 |
65 66 |
67 68 |
69 70 |
71 72 |
72 73 |
73 74 |
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75 76 |
76 77 |
77 78 |
Hartford
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52 |
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62 |
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67 |
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19 69 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
75 76 |
77 78 |
79 80 |
Madison
40 41 |
41 42 |
42 43 |
43 44 |
44 45 |
45 46 |
46 47 |
47 48 |
48 49 |
49 50 |
50 51 |
51 52 |
52 53 |
53 54 |
54 55 |
55 56 |
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57 58 |
58 59 |
59 60 |
60 61 |
61 62 |
62 63 |
63 64 |
64 65 |
65 66 |
66 67 |
67 68 |
68 69 |
69 70 |
71 |
72 |
JUN 73 |
74- |
75- |
76- |
JUN 77 |
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JUN 82 |
83- |
84- |
85 |
86- |
87- |
Mauston
Mauston bicycle license plates have been confirmed since 1968, and were issued until 1987.
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67 68 |
68 69 |
69 70 |
70 71 |
71 72 |
72 73 |
73 74 |
74 75 |
75 76 |
76 77 |
77 78 |
78 79 |
79 80 |
80 81 |
81 82 |
82 83 |
83 84 |
84 85 |
85 86 |
86 87 |
87 88 |
Menominee Falls
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63 64 |
65 66 |
67 68 |
69 70 |
71 72 |
73 74 |
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JUN 77 |
JUN 79 |
-- |
JUN 81 |
Mequon
Milwaukee
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1938 |
1939 |
40 |
41 |
42 |
19 43 |
19 44 |
19 45 |
46 |
47 |
48 |
49 |
19 50 |
19 51 |
52 |
53 |
19 54 |
55 56 |
57 58 |
59 60 |
61 |
63 |
APR 65 |
APR 67 |
APR 69 |
-- |
APR 71 |
73 |
APR 75 |
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APR 80 |
82 |
84 |
APR 86 |
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APR 90 |
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94 |
Serial ranges:
Mondovi
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47 |
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49 |
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62 63 |
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76 77 |
78 79 |
80-- |
81 |
Mukwonago
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64 65 |
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70-- |
71 |
72 73 |
74 75 |
76- |
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78 |
79 |
80 |
81 |
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85 |
86 |
87 |
88 |
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92 |
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95 |
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96 97 |
98 |
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08 09 |
Muskego
Muskego plates are confusing, yet interesting. Multiple different baseplates were in use at any given time, complicating my table. They also used just a lonely year in 1993, with just a "93" at the right.
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54 55 |
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69 70 |
71 72 |
73 74 |
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76- |
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79 80 |
81 84 |
83 84 |
85 89- |
86 89 |
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93 |
North Prarie
Oak Creek
Oconomowoc
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41 |
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48 |
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52 |
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59 |
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19 62 |
63 64 |
65 66 |
66 67 |
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69 70 |
71 72 |
73 74 |
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77 78 |
79 80 |
81 82 |
Oshkosh
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42 43 |
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45 46 |
47 48 |
49 |
51 52 |
53 54 |
55 56 |
57 58 |
59 60 |
61 62 |
63 64 |
65 66 |
67 68 |
69 70 |
71 72 |
73 74 |
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77 78 |
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80- |
Undated |
Port Edwards
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64 |
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68 69 |
70-- |
71 |
72 73 |
74 75 |
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78 |
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82 |
Undated |
Prarie Du Chien
61 |
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64 |
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67 |
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69 |
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71 |
19 72 |
73 |
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19 75 |
76 76 |
19 77 |
19 81 |
Racine
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37 |
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39 40 |
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41 42 |
42 43 |
43 44 |
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45 46 |
46 47 |
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48 49 |
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50 51 |
51 52 |
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53 54 |
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55 57 |
57 59 |
59-- |
61 |
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74 75 |
76 77- |
Serial ranges:
Reedsburg
50 51 |
51 52 |
52 53 |
53 54 |
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55 56 |
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62 63 |
63 64 |
64 65 |
65 66 |
66 67 |
67 68 |
68 69 |
69-- |
71 |
71 73 |
73 75 |
75 77 |
77 79 |
79-- |
81 |
81 83 |
Rice Lake
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45 46 |
61 62 |
63 64 |
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67 68 |
71 72 |
73 74 |
Richland Center
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53 54 |
71 73 |
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77 79 |
79-- |
81 |
81 83 |
83 85 |
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89-- |
91 |
Shawano
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40 |
41 |
42 |
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47 |
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60-- |
61 |
62 63 |
64 65 |
66 67 |
68 69 |
69 70 |
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72 73 |
74 75 |
76 77 |
Undated |
Sheboygan
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42 |
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49 |
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55 |
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57 |
58 |
19 59 |
19 60 |
61 |
62 |
19 63 |
64 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
68 69 |
70-- |
71 |
72 73 |
74 76 |
Shorewood
Shorewood plates are notable for being super confusing. They had seemingly random changes to their replacement cycles multiple times, and not much is known on early plates, forcing me to guess that they were yearly plates. On top of that, there are "April" variations from the mid-70s onward, and not much is known on their years, either. To complicate things further, there is also normal variations mixed in with the April variation.
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38 39 |
39 40 |
40 41 |
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42 43 |
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44-45 |
45 46 |
46 47 |
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53 54 |
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55 56 |
56 57 |
57 58 |
58 59 |
59 60 |
60 61 |
62 63 |
64 65 |
66 67 |
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69 70 |
70 71 |
71 72 |
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APR 74 |
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APR 80 |
80 82 |
APR 82 |
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APR 84 |
Steven's Point
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43 |
44 |
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19 46 |
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48 |
49 |
50 |
51 |
52 |
53 |
19 54 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
61 |
62 |
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64 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
19 74 |
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75 76 |
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77 78 |
78 79 |
79 80 |
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81 82 |
82 83- |
83 84 |
85 |
Two Rivers
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48 50 |
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58 60 |
60 62 |
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64 65 |
66 67 |
68 69 |
70-- |
71 |
72 73 |
74 75 |
Undated |
Waukesha
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39 |
41 |
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50 |
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19 55 |
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60-- |
61 |
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64 65 |
66 67 |
68 69 |
70-- |
71 |
72 73 |
74 75 |
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78 79 |
80-- - |
81- |
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84 |
Undated |
Waupaca
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46 47 |
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49 |
50 |
51 52 |
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19 60 |
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69 70 |
71 |
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73 |
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80-- |
81 |
82 83 |
84 85 |
Waupun
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69-- |
71 |
71 73 |
73 75 |
75 77 |
78 79 |
80-- |
81 |
82 83 |
84 85 |
86 87 |
88 89 |
90-- |
91 |
Wauwatosa
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42 |
43 |
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45 |
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49 |
50 |
51 |
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54 |
55 56 |
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59 60 |
61 62 |
63 64 |
65 66 |
67 68 |
69 70 |
71 72 |
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77 78 |
79 80 |
81 82 |
83 84 |
85 86 |
87 88 |
West Allis
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38 |
39 |
40 |
41 |
42 |
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1944 |
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47 |
48 |
49 |
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53 54 |
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62 63 |
63 64 |
64 65 |
65 66 |
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67 68 |
68 69 |
69 70 |
70 71 |
71 72 |
72 73 |
73 74 |
47 75 |
75 76 |
76 77 |
77 78 |
78 79 |
79 80 |
80 81 |
81 82 |
82 83 |
83 84 |
84 85 |
West Bend
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1938 |
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42 |
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55 |
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57 |
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59 |
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68 69 |
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74 75 |
76 77 |
78 79 |
80-- |
81 |
82 83 |
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85 86 |
87 88 |
91 92 |
Wisconsin Dells
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51 52 |
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53 54 |
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66 67 |
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71 72 |
72 73 |
73 74 |
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75 76 |
76 77 |
77 78 |
81 |
82 |
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85 |
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89 90 |
90 91 |
91 92 |
92 93 |
93 94 |
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95 96 |
96 97 |
97 98 |
98 99 |
99 00 |
00 01 |
01 02 |
Wisconsin Rapids
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39 |
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43 |
44 |
45 |
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47 |
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19 49 |
50 |
51 |
19 52 |
19 53 |
54 55 |
56 57 |
58 59 |
60-- |
61 |
62 63 |
64 65 |
66 67 |
68 69 |
70-- |
71 |
72 73 |
74 75 |
76 77 |
78 79 |
80 |
80 81 |
Created October 17, 2019.