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Date: | 05 30 1882 |
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Description: | Advertising handbill for the Osborne twine binder. Describes the results of a contest between the Osborne machine and machines made by McCormick, Deering, ... |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | A man crouches down for a close look at a 1905 model Harley-Davidson motorcycle. |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | Walter Davidson and the motorcycle with which he won the two day endurance run from Catskill, New York to Brooklyn and Long Island, New York on June 28-29t... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Aerial view looking east over the center of the city and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | A nighttime view of the Wisconsin State Capitol as seen from Monona Avenue (South Wisconsin Avenue until December 1, 1877; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard... |
Date: | 1926 |
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Description: | A boxing ring lobby display at the Empire Theatre for Battling Butler with Buster Keaton. The lobby cards read, "It's a knockout. Buster Keaton in '... |
Date: | 1854 |
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Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Lyman C. Draper. This shows him at the time he assumed the position of Historical Society superintendent, at the age of 38. |
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Description: | A beech tree with the inscription, "D. Boon cilled a bar. 1760" carved into it. The tree was located up to the 1880s near Boone's Creek, Tennessee. |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Five Winnebago men are sitting on the ground around a blanket playing cards. Two young boys are standing behind them watching. |
Date: | 10 08 1871 |
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Description: | A portion of a page from the Madison Daily Democrat which gives an account of the Peshtigo fire. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Ruins of building showing smokestack still standing after the Peshtigo fire. A group of men are standing on the left. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks. |
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Description: | The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison. |
Date: | 1907 |
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Description: | Loggers breaking up a log jam in the Peshtigo River area. |
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