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Grignon Warehouse

Date: 1920
Description: The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on...
Postcard

Carnegie Library

Date: 1911
Description: Hand-colored postcard showing an exterior view of the Carnegie Library. A small group of children is gathered on the stairs at the front of the building. C...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1916
Description: View looking down the center of road, with storefronts and dwellings on both sides. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked at various points along...
Photograph

Law Building

Date: 1920
Description: View across Bascom Hill of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Group Near Tent

Date: 1940
Description: Men in summer clothes stand in small groups outside of a large canvas tent. The men on the right wear badges with ribbons. In the background, a man in Nati...
Photograph

Speaker and Crowd

Date: 1940
Description: View from across street of a crowd sitting on the porch, lawn and street in front of the Elks Lodge (Al. Ringling house) listening to a speaker standing at...
Photograph

Speaker at Elks Lodge

Date: 1940
Description: A stocky man in a white suit stands at a lectern and microphone in front of the Elks Lodge (Al. Ringling home). Other men and women sit on the platform. A ...
Photograph

Locomotive Parked near Courthouse Square

Date: 1940
Description: Two men and a police officer stand beside the "Pioneer," an early Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive which is parked beside the Sauk County Court...
Photograph

Cornerstone Ceremony

Date: 10 01 1939
Description: A group poses at the laying of the cornerstone for August Derleth's new house, the Place of Hawks. Attendees include, back row, left to right, E.B. Trimpey...
Photograph

Street View Double Exposure

Date: 
Description: A double exposure of Main Street. Writing on the back of the print reads: "No good film was exposed twice."
Print

Field Comparison of Cletrac Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Two men stand in a field while comparing the efficacy of the Cletrac crawler tractor to that of a wheel-type tractor. The caption beneath the photograph re...
Photograph

Tarpaper Shack

Date: 1920
Description: Tarpaper shack and adjoining tent.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Passengers and Crew of the Lawson Airplane Pose Just Before the Start

Date: 1919
Description: Two images: at the top is a Lawson Air Liner parked outdoors near a hangar; and at the bottom are passengers and crew members standing in front of the airp...
Photograph

Salem Church

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of Salem Church.
Photograph

Child with Doll

Date: 09 1964
Description: An unidentified child wearing a dress is sitting on a small chair, holding hands with a doll sitting next to her in another chair. The doll is the same siz...

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