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Wheeler House

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of the Wheeler house with a car parked in front. The sign in front of the house reads: "Proposed location for the new YMCA building." The house ...
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Wheeler House

Date: 1950
Description: Wheeler house with a porte cochere in the foreground.
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Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of "Long House," one of the buildings in the experimental communal colony of the Fourierites. Caption reads: "The 'Long House,' home of the Fourierite...
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Mondale and Admirer

Date: 1974
Description: Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota was a featured speaker at an agricultural conference in Milwaukee in 1974. At the time he was exploring the feasibilit...
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Ambrose A. Grout

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Description: Photographic calling card of 1st Sergeant Ambrose A. Grout (Fall River, WI), Company B, 11th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Henry D. Smith

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Description: Photographic calling card of Second Lieutenant Henry D. Smith (Middleton, WI), Company B, 11th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Moses L. Bradley

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Description: Photographic calling card of Moses L. Bradley, Company I, 23rd Wisconsin Infantry.
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Aaron H. McCracken

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Description: Photographic calling card of Aaron H. McCracken, 1st Lieutenant and later Adjutant, 38th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Stunt Rider

Date: 1896
Description: Lee Richardson performing stunts on a bicycle in front of a large crowd standing on the ground, as well as seated in bleachers at the Appleton County Fair ...
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Massey-Harris Company Pamphlet

Date: 1897
Description: Front and back cover, and two inside pages of a small pamphlet with text and illustrations in blue ink. The front has a small illustration of a man wearing...
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Eating at the Dinner Table

Date: 1961
Description: The Edgar Krueger family eating dinner together in the dinning room. A centerpiece of flowers inside a ceramic duck vase sit in the center of the table. St...
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Group Sitting on a Couch

Date: 1961
Description: Elna Krueger is squeezed between two other couples on a couch. A cat sits in the lap of the woman on the far left.
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Together on the Couch

Date: 1961
Description: Edgar and Elna Krueger sitting with friends on a couch. A cat sits on the lap of a man in overalls in the center. Edgar sits in overalls next to him with E...
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Alford Brothers Laundry

Date: 1921
Description: View from street looking towards the facade of the Alford Brothers Laundry located at 113-115 Carroll Street. This was a large business with twenty-five em...
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Hinkson's on State Street

Date: 1921
Description: View across street towards Hinkson's, at 644 State Street, which sold malted milk, hot dogs, billiards and smoking material. A truck is parked in front of ...
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The Red Gym and the YMCA

Date: 1921
Description: View across open lawn towards the Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on Langdon Street, with the YMCA (on the left), and Lake Mendota in the background on the Uni...

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