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Sunday in a Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1900
Description: Sunday morning in a lumber camp bunk house.
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1902
Description: Lumbermen in their bunk house at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. Several of them have pipes in their mouths and their socks are hanging to dry.
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The Annie Girdon

Date: 1870
Description: Sidewheel rafter, Annie Girdon. The crew is on deck and a raft of logs is in the foreground. Sign on wheel reads Annie Girdon, lightning pack...
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Belle of La Crosse at a Landing on the Upper Mississippi River

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Description: The sidewheel packet, Belle of La Crosse, at a landing on the Upper Mississippi River. The sidewheel was built in 1868 and burned while in winter qu...
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Unidentified Union Soldier

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Description: Oval framed, waist-up portrait of an unidentified Union soldier.
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University Heights

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view from Summit Avenue looking east over University Heights and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Stuffed Old Abe on a Perch

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881, he was stuffed, mounted, and placed in the...
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Old Abe Steam Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: The Civil War eagle Old Abe became the trademark of the J.I. Case Company, manufacturers of steam tractors and other farm machinery. This tractor is at wor...

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