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| Description: | Menominee men playing the moccasin or bullet game. |
| Date: | 1615 |
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| Description: | Drawing of Native Americans chasing deer into an enclosure during a hunt. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View of a marching band parading beneath a decorated arch on Main Street. Onlookers line both sides of the street. American flags are flying over the road ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A drawing of the 5.3 mile race course around Elkhart Lake. Page 12 and 13 of the official program from Elkhart Lake Road Race. The race took place on Sunda... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Wisconsin Circus Lore" written by the Federal Writer's Project in Wisconsin and bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a d... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Woodcut illustration of a seated figure leaning against a tree, and holding a fishing pole. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Rood's Glen. A boy plays with a toy boat at bottom left while two men and a woman talk at bottom right. Two other figures can be seen in t... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s... |
| Date: | 12 20 1879 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man coasting on a high-wheel bicycle. He has his legs draped over the handlebars, and his hands on the handlebars, leaving the pedals f... |
| Date: | 12 1875 |
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| Description: | Composite of engraved images of men involved in various athletic activities: fencing, weightlifting, juggling with clubs and cannon balls, wrestling, and b... |
| Date: | 03 06 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man in a top hat and tails riding a velocipede. Another rider is in the background. |
| Date: | 02 20 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man riding an ice velocipede, a bicycle-like vehicle with a studded front wheel and back blades. In the background is an iceboat. |
| Date: | 02 13 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of several men attempting to ride velocipedes in a large open, interior space. Many have fallen or are struggling with balance. |
| Date: | 05 1894 |
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| Description: | Cartoon drawing of Walter Sanger running with his racing bicycle and holding a broken pedal. The caption reads, "Sanger at Herne Hill — Milwaukeeans expect... |
| Date: | 09 1895 |
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| Description: | Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Masthead of the bicycling journal Pneumatic. |
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