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Saturn SA-5 Rocket

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Description: Workmen making adjustments for launch are dwarfed by the Saturn SA-5 booster rocket, a preliminary stage in the development of the Saturn V. Eventually, Sa...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

Date: 1896
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway's locomotive # 96 at the Waukesha depot.
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Lumber Railroad Crew

Date: 1903
Description: A work crew of the Upham Lumber and Manufacturing Company near Athens, Wisconsin. The men are riding on a flatbed car of the Abbottsford and Northeastern R...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot. Virtually the entire population of Sherry is thought to be standing on the pl...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad passenger depot at Stuntz Avenue. A group of people stand on the platform and near the locomotive between t...
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Indian Graveyard

Date: 1910
Description: The Indian Graveyard at the Catholic Cemetery.
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Platteville Public Library

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Description: Copy of an artist's rendering of an exterior view of the Platteville Public Library. The library was funded with a $12,500 donation from Andrew Carnegie. B...
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Horlick's Stone Quarry

Date: 1888
Description: Men working in Horlick's stone quarry. Teams of horses pull wagons. There is a steam pump at right. A man in a hat and coat, possibly William Horlick, stan...
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Quarternotes

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Description: The Quarternotes, an award-winning barbershop-style singing group from Racine that was formed about 1945. They are, left to right: Virginia Clausen, Phylli...
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Storer House Exterior

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Description: Southeast elevation of the Storer house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Dr. John Storer in 1923.
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Governor Kohler Sr. with Fifteen Representatives of Rotary International

Date: 06 02 1930
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler Sr. stands for a group portrait with several men and women on a lawn with trees and foliage. He is the fifth person from the righ...

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