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Pulling Stumps to Clear Land

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Description: Pulling tree stumps in northern Wisconsin. A group of curious onlookers watches as workers load large stumps. A sign in the background reads: "Conrath Home...
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Milking machine

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Description: Man in hat posing with milking machine.
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Yellow Cab Transfer Company

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of the Yellow Cab Transfer Company located at 643 E. Wilson Street, (housed in the Denison Building) with two cabs with drivers out front.
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The Strand Theater

Date: 08 11 1927
Description: Elevated view of the Strand Theater located at 16 East Mifflin Street near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. The marquee reads "Babe Ruth and Anna Q. Nilsson...
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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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Roadside Sales Pitch

Date: 1924
Description: Signs are advertising sideline businesses along a rural road. There is a large sign that reads: "For Sale Belgian Carrier Pigeons," and a smaller sign that...
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Squash Harvest

Date: 1920
Description: A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County.
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1936
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch with a gated path.
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Cattle Pens at Lodi Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of cattle yards near the railroad tracks. A farm and farm buildings can be seen in the background.
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University of Wisconsin Coeds

Date: 1920
Description: University of Wisconsin students sitting on the base of the Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill.
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Land Clearing Train

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Description: View across field towards the Land Clearing Special Train, a program sponsored by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Depa...
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Aztalan State Park

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Description: View of Aztalan State Park site when it was called Aztalan Mound Park.
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Aztalan Mound Park Gazebo

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Description: Pavilion in the park is on left, with a fence along the right.
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Aztalan Mound Park

Date: 1935
Description: View of the site when it was known as Aztalan Mound Park or Aztalan Mounds, near Lake Mills. There is a pavilion in the right background.
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Black Hawk Church

Date: 1920
Description: Black Hawk Church, exterior of building, which was a German Evangelical Church. (It was also known as Bethlehem Church).
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Capitol Square

Date: 1933
Description: Two police officers, one on a motorcycle with sidecar on the corner of Mifflin and Carroll Street, on the Capitol Square. A large Santa Claus cutout is lo...
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Turtle Mound

Date: 09 28 1942
Description: Elevated view of turtle mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Production of Maple Syrup

Date: 1927
Description: Man in "sugar bush" (grove of maples) boiling down maple sap in production of maple syrup. Probably Wisconsin.
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House on West Gorham at North Broom Streets

Date: 1927
Description: House with a wooden fence on the corner of West Gorham Street at North Broom Street.
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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.

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