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College Teacher Protest

Date: 12 04 1970
Description: Elevated view of college teachers, non-tenured, at UW-Parkside protesting the decision to not renew their contracts.
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Early Chicago & Northwestern Locomotive

Date: 07 04 1869
Description: The Camilla, a wood-burning locomotive that belonged to the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. The locomotive is decorated for the 4th of July, 1869.
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Milwaukee Road Railroad

Date: 08 1974
Description: View down double set of railroad tracks towards a Milwaukee Road train, with the engineer about to board. Other men are standing in the background.
Postcard

Kenosha Trolley Station

Date: 
Description: View across tracks toward the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Station. Caption reads: "C. & M. Electric Station, Kenosha, Wis."
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Chicago Traveling Club: Trip Eight

Date: 1878
Description: Group of men outside tent with "The Boss" sign above door and labels on some of the fellows' shirts saying, "CTC," an abbreviation for the Chicago Travelin...
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Boys of the Hawthorne, Chicago Traveling Club

Date: 1878
Description: Boys outside tent that has sign, "Boys of the Hawthorne" above its door. This picture is identified as the Chicago Traveling Club's trip #8.
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Chicago Traveling Club

Date: 1878
Description: A tent of the Chicago Traveling Club with a sign on it saying "Always Hungry," and men with walking sticks, straw hats and a flute lounging on the ground i...
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Crowded Pier and Steamboat

Date: 1878
Description: View from shoreline of a large crowd on a pier waiting for a crowded steam excursion boat.
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People aboard Steamboat

Date: 1878
Description: People seated in a small steamboat tied at a pier on a lake. A flag flies from the bow and there is a two-story frame house on the shore. This photograph m...
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Group Picnicking

Date: 1877
Description: A large group of men, women and children having a picnic under the trees.
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Wiesman Inn

Date: 1930
Description: View of the former Wiesman Inn, now a farmhouse.
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Wiesman Inn

Date: 1930
Description: View of the former Wiesman Inn, now a farmhouse.
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Wiesman Inn

Date: 1930
Description: View of the former Wiesman Inn, now a farmhouse.
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Wiesman Inn

Date: 1930
Description: View of the former Wiesman Inn, now a farmhouse.
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Lamb's Hotel in Camp Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Lamb's Hotel on a dirt road. The hotel is also called Bewersdorf's Hotel.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: A construction site with a truck manufactured by Winther Motor and Truck Company. A forty foot boom is mounted on the truck. Workers are positioning a stee...
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Kellogg Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A large wooden classical revival style building identified as the Kellogg Tavern in Kellogg's Corner, part of Somers township.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1900
Description: Church built by Austin Kellogg and his brothers around 1837 and completed in 1840. It was the first Protestant church in this section of the state. An addi...
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Monument for Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1941
Description: An original stone from the Methodist Episcopal Church built by Austin Kellogg around 1837. The text reads: "Kelloggs Corners 1837 Original Stone from Metho...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1900
Description: Church built by Austin Kellogg and his brothers around 1837 and was completed in 1840. It is the first Protestant church in this section of the state. An a...

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