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Great Lakes Cruise Vessel

Date: 1903
Description: The screw passenger cruise vessel, North West, underway.
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Mother and Baby

Date: 1903
Description: Hand-colored photograph depicting a Native American mother holding her child in a cradleboard. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans pre...
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Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway

Date: 1903
Description: Hand-colored postcard depicting Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first cur...
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St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum

Date: 11 10 1905
Description: A group of people are in a motorboat, named "Quo Vadis,, in the lake in front of St. Joseph's orphan asylum. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Gr...
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Grant's Headquarters

Date: 1915
Description: Color postcard view of house with trees and yard on a hill. Caption reads: "Grant's Headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss."
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Gettysburg Hero

Date: 1903
Description: Statue of John L. Burns, the elderly citizen-hero of the Battle of Gettysburg, who fought with the 7th Wisconsin on July 1, 1863 and was wounded. A veteran...
Postcard

County Court House at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Color postcard of new County Court House, a two-story white granite building with elm trees in front.
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Ice Cave. Winter on Lake Michigan

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Ice Cave. Winter on Lake Michigan. Racine, Wis." The logo for the Detroit Publishing Company is in the lower right corner. Water leve...
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Crystal Grotto

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Crystal Grotto. Winter on Lake Michigan. Racine, Wis." Water level view of an ice cave on the rocky shore. So many icicles are hangin...

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