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Scouts Receive Awards

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts receive the Eagle Scout rank or the Explorer Silver Award, scouting's highest awards at a scouting court of honor ceremony.
Print

A General View of the City — Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 03 30 1889
Description: Bird's-eye view from Bascom Hill of Madison, with vignettes of the Wisconsin State Capitol, Lake Monona, and the Capitol Park.
Photograph

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal

Date: 1875
Description: The harbor piers and the entrance to the Sturgeon Bay ship canal. Men are standing on the shoreline.
Photograph

Pink Convent

Date: 1935
Description: The Pink Convent in St. Nazianz.
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President Nixon and Pope Paul VI

Date: 09 28 1970
Description: Pope Paul VI greets President Richard Nixon at the Vatican. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, second from the right next to Mrs Nixon, accompanied the Pre...
Magazine or Periodical

The Velocipede Mania — What It May Come To!

Date: 05 01 1869
Description: Humorous engraved image showing a street scene crowded with people riding bicycles. In the background are businesses identified as J. Shanks Livery Stable,...
Photograph

Alex Jordan, Jr.'s Custom Car

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Description: Left side profile view of black 1940s Packard convertible concept car by Alex Jordan, Jr., owner and designer of the attraction, House on the Rock. There...
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Cottages Under the Trees at De Haas' Red Oaks Resort, Eagle River, Wis.

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Description: View of cabins at De Haas' Red Oaks Resort, close to St. Germain. The resort operated circa 1905-1965. The property was subdivided in 1966-1967.

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