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Robert M. La Follette, Jr., at Progressive Party Rally

Date: 10 04 1936
Description: View over crowd towards Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., speaking to a Progressive Party rally at Mauston, Wisconsin. Bob, Jr., became senator after the...
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Norwegian Lutheran Church

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Description: The congregation of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.
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Lone Rock Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: View across street and railroad tracks toward the railroad depot in Lone Rock. A man is standing on the platform. Caption reads: "Depot at Lone Rock, Wis."
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Armistice Day Celebration

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Armistice Day celebration (mock funeral of Kaiser Wilhelm II). Soldier identified is William Carlson, who was disabled by the chemical agent mustard gas an...
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Hotel Juneau

Date: 1895
Description: Necedah, Wisconsin. 1895-1899. Hotel Juneau with several people on front porch and balcony. On the middle balcony appear (the sequence is ambiguous) : Sila...
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Main Street

Date: 1882
Description: View of Main Street business district. Horses and buggies are on the street. Some business signs read: "American and Norsk Store," "Furniture," "L....re & ...
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Cash Block

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Description: View of front of the Cash Block, with one person standing in front of the building.
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Pearl Street

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Description: View of Pearl Street includes a horse-drawn carriage, a bank, other commercial buildings, and a man standing on the street corner. Caption reads: "Pearl St...
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Automobile Stuck in Mud

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Description: Men with a tractor attempt to pull out a car stuck in the mud on an early road.
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Lighting Plant

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Description: A man stands in front of the small building with a bicycle parked behind him, and a house in the background.
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Cavalry at Camp Douglas

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Description: Soldiers at Camp Douglas driving horses and covered wagons.
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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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Truck Stuck in the Mud

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Description: A man with a tractor attempts to pull a truck out of deep mud. Two men stand on the bed of the truck, and another man sits on the front of the tractor. The...
Postcard

Looking North on Main Street

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Description: Colorized postcard of Main Street. On the left is E.J. Anthony, Barber, with a barber pole in front of the building. Other businesses can be seen, many wit...
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Range House

Date: 09 05 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of Range House, a large rustic log cabin. There is a large porch on all sides of the building with interesting roof supports and rail...
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Freight and Passenger Depot

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Description: Photographic postcard of the freight and passenger depot. A young man stands on the platform, and a man can be seen entering the United States Express Comp...
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Infantry on the Hike

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Description: Postcard printed in brown ink of a line of soldiers in uniform hiking in a column. They have bedrolls over their shoulders. Towards the rear are soldiers o...
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Soldiers at Camp Douglas

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Description: View of a long line of soldiers standing in rows in front of tents at Camp Douglas.
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Company M, 3rd Wisconsin National Guard at Camp Douglas

Date: 08 06 1893
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Company M, 3rd Wisconsin National Guard posed in front of tents at Camp Douglas.
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Officers of Garfield Guards

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Description: Group portrait of National Guard officers in uniform posed outdoors at Camp Douglas.

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