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Boy Pushing Baby Carriage along Street

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Description: Dirty and disheveled boy with no shoes standing in the street with a baby carriage.
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First to Fly — Almost Flying

Date: 10 10 1902
Description: Wilbur Wright gliding down the steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Much of the Wright Brothers' success derived from the fact...
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Monument of Treaty of the Cedars

Date: 1936
Description: A monument marking the Treaty of the Cedars.
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Vilas-Rahr House

Date: 1975
Description: The Vilas-Rahr house, now the Rahr Civic Center.
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National Hotel

Date: 1870
Description: The National Hotel on town square off of Main Street. A group of people and horse-drawn vehicles are in front of the hotel.
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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Aerial view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill.
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Nicolet Monument

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Nicolet monument at the site where Nicolet is supposed to have landed in Wisconsin.
Print

Two Figures

Date: 1942
Description: Etching of two figures on the sidewalk in front of a building.
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Gus Borg with Titan Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Man with a Titan tractor on farmland.
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Skidding a Log

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Description: Man driving two horses which are skidding a log out of the woods to the logging road.
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Moving Silage

Date: 1917
Description: A derrick is moving a box full of silage from a pit silo on an International Harvester Company farm.
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Highway through Iron River

Date: 1935
Description: Highway through Iron River on what is now Highway 2 near the junction with County Highway A.
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Socialist Members of the Wisconsin Legislature Leaving the Capitol

Date: 1919
Description: Socialist members of the Wisconsin Legislature leaving the Wisconsin State Capitol at noon.
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Victor L. Berger and Frederick Heath

Date: 1897
Description: Victor L. Berger and Frederick Heath in Berger's room on Reed Street near Greenfield Avenue. Victor Berger was a founding member of the Socialist Party of ...
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Plumbing and Gas Fitting

Date: 1910
Description: Students learn plumbing and gas fitting at the Milwaukee School of Trades.
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Ethel Clayton in a scene still for "The Attorney for the Defense."

Date: 1915
Description: Ethel Clayton, playing Ruth Wingate, is shown in a head and shoulders close-up in a scene still for "The Attorney for the Defense." The crowd seated around...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Knaggs Ferry Historic Marker

Date: 06 05 1955
Description: Fourth, fifth, and sixth generations of the Knaggs family gathered by the Knaggs Ferry historical marker to honor their family member. Mrs. Walter Dugolens...

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