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Kids Drinking Milk in School

Date: 1921
Description: Classroom full of school children drinking milk at Washington school.
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Grocery Convention Display

Date: 1933
Description: The Fauerbach Beer display at the Grocery Convention. The display consists of many bottles of beer, beer cases, die cut cardboard displays, cloth bunting a...
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Mendota Beach School Classroom

Date: 1922
Description: View from front of classroom of children sitting at desks at the Mendota Beach School.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna, seated together reading in a bedroom at Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin...
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Lindbergh Returns

Date: 08 22 1927
Description: Charles Lindbergh, a former University of Wisconsin student, speaking to a large crowd at Camp Randall Stadium after his history-making trans-Atlantic flig...
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Turtle Effigy Mound

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Description: A turtle effigy mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, outlined by melting snow.
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Emerson School

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Description: A group of young students seated in their classroom holding books as the teacher stands at the back of the room. The title of the book is "The Progressive ...
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Ediphones on Display

Date: 1936
Description: Office supply show sponsored by Bill Goff, Inc., featuring Ediphones produced by Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Cribbage Game at Fire Station

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Description: Fireman playing cribbage in a quiet moment at the Dayton and Randall Streets Fire Station Number 4 with spittoon in the foreground.
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North View of the University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1923
Description: Aerial view of the University of Wisconsin campus shows from west to east the Agricultural Hall, Observatory Hall and the Wisconsin Historical Society with...
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Aerial View of Bascom Hill

Date: 1923
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Science Hall, and Bascom Hall on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota i...
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Medicine Chest

Date: 1935
Description: A medicine chest and its contents on display at the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
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Aerial View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1922
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and Lake Monona.
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Looking East Over Madison

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of Madison, looking east.
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Aerial View of Isthmus from the West

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of isthmus looking east toward Lake Mendota and the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Lake Monona and the horizon in the background.
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Madison Free Library

Date: 02 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Madison Free Library, 206 North Carroll St. The library was built with Carnegie money and opened in 1906. The name changed to Madiso...
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Aerial View of Downtown

Date: 1939
Description: Aerial view of downtown.
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Aerial View of Downtown

Date: 1939
Description: Aerial view of church and surrounding buildings.
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Aerial View of Monroe

Date: 1939
Description: Aerial view of commercial section of Monroe, WI. Green County Courthouse is pictured in the middle of the town square.
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Randall School Area

Date: 1928
Description: View of the Randall School area, showing special street traffic signs on the road at the school crossing. In addition there are numerous children visible o...

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