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Mitchell Weather Watching

Date: 12 29 1987
Description: Bored travelers at General Mitchell International Airport, apparently taking their cue from a droopy travel poster advertising vacations in the sunny Carib...
Photograph

Varsity Welcome

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin students on Bascom Hill, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance.
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Bedroom with Skylights

Date: 02 09 1984
Description: Interior view of an attic bedroom with skylights and a television.
Drawing

House on River

Date: 08 31 1885
Description: Pencil on paper drawing of large house on hill above river, with rowboat and boathouse. The house has three stories, four chimneys, mansard roof, and long...
Drawing

Composite View with Church

Date: 08 1885
Description: Pencil on paper; center image of church surrounded by six miniature drawings including one residence, one mill, one horse and carriage from rear, and three...
Drawing

Bascom Hall Above Neighborhood

Date: 08 26 1885
Description: Pencil on paper; Bascom Hall with domed cupola and weather vane at left of center, with other large building to right with four chimneys and hipped roof. ...
Drawing

Dr. Ward School House and Landing Place

Date: 08 24 1885
Description: Pencil on paper; promontory shoreline with houses, trees, and church in background sweeping to right, with long pier jutting into lake. Two boats tied to ...
Drawing

Building on Street Corner

Date: 09 01 1885
Description: Pencil on paper; Elevated view of building on street corner with horse-drawn delivery wagon in front. Tall trees line the two streets. Building is two st...
Drawing

House with Fence

Date: 08 1885
Description: Pencil on paper; wood clapboard house behind fallen fence with open gate. Three trees, small outbuilding with one-sided roof, a large tub and other equipm...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: 1st and 2nd Residents

Date: 1926
Description: First page of an album kept by Neighborhood House, with individual images of head resident Gay Braxton, second resident Mary Lee Griggs, and two exterior v...
Photograph

"Recitation Room" at Downer College

Date: 1891
Description: "Recitation Room" at Downer College.
Photograph

Outdoor Life Exhibits

Date: 1935
Description: Entrance to a building housing "Outdoor Life Exhibits" by the Wisconsin Conservation Department. A number of people are in front of the entrance, and more ...
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Man Driving Delivery Truck

Date: 03 06 1926
Description: Left side view of a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck near a building with lumber stacked in front of it. There are houses in a neighbor...
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Woman Shaking Her Fist at School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: A woman in a crowd shaking her fist at a school bus. The bus is carrying minority students to another high school as part of a school integration program. ...

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