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Thunderbird Petroglyphs

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Description: Thunderbird petroglyphs carved on rock face at Twin Bluffs.
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White Rabbit Longtail and C.A. Leicht

Date: 08 1914
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an 85-year-old Ho-Chunk man, White Rabbit Longtail, posing standing and smiling while pretending to scalp his friend, C.A. L...
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G.E. Evans Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of G.E. Evans, a grower of cultivated cranberries from New Lisbon, Wisconsin. Includes an illustration by (A.?) R.R. Richards of people working ...
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Saint Patrick's Church

Date: 1911
Description: Interior of Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, looking down the aisle of pews towards three altars. The left altar depicts Mary, the right altar depict...
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Ladies Ideal Band

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Ladies Ideal Band, in uniform and holding their instruments which include drums and various brass ins...
Postcard

Dress Parade

Date: 07 30 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of elevated view of soldiers during a dress parade. Some soldiers are on horseback, but most are on foot. There is a musical band in ...
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National Guard Band

Date: 1887
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard band pose with their instruments at Camp Douglas.
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Catholic Church

Date: 1925
Description: A side view of a Catholic church. Narrow, arched stained-glass windows. Stairs leading up to the entrance. A car is parked by the side entrance with a ceme...
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Public School

Date: 1925
Description: The public school, a two-story brick building with tall windows in the front but not on the side. A bell above the entrance. A shed to the left.
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Bird's Eye View

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view with a church in the foreground surrounded by dwellings.
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Pipe Organ at the German Lutheran Church

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Description: Interior view including the pipe organ in the German Lutheran Church. The pews on the first floor, the organ in the balcony.
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Chicago Northwestern Railroad Train

Date: 1910
Description: Car number 557 of the Chicago Northwestern railroad at 7th Street. Eight train workers are standing on or around the train.
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Military Band at the Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1915
Description: An African American military band poses for the camera during the Hustler Harvest Festival. They are sitting in an open sided structure with a canvas roof ...
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Twin Bluffs Petroglyphs

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Description: Figures carved in stone at Twin Bluffs petroglyph site.
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Whittling

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Description: Close-up view of a man sitting in a chair and whittling an animal figure.
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Man Whittling

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Description: Man sitting on a rocking chair in a yard whittling in a rocking chair in front of a log cabin that has a sign reading: "Elwood." Lanterns and antlers are h...
Postcard

High School

Date: 1909
Description: View towards the front of a brick two-story school building built in 1902. There is a bell tower on top of the roof. "Caption reads: "High School. Lone Roc...

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