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Airplane Crash in Lake Mendota

Date: 07 18 1944
Description: Rescue of airplane which has crashed into Lake Mendota near the north shore. View of the airplane from the water toward the shore and Camp Wakanda. Tom La...
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View of Spring Tavern

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Description: View of the Spring Tavern, located on the way towards Verona, and its surrounding yard.
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Restored Spring Tavern

Date: 1940
Description: View of the Spring Tavern after its restoration by James Dickson.
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Wisconsin Indian Powwow

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Indian "Powwow" and Lacrosse contest between various Indian reservations.
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Victor Morris in Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: Army engineer Victor Morris (standing), of Milwaukee, with H.H. Smith. Photographs and correspondence documenting his experiences during training in the Un...
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Advanced Trench Digging

Date: 07 17 1917
Description: ROTC engineers, probably at Fort Sheridan, in training for trench construction. Victor Morris of Milwaukee, in whose wartime album this photograph appears,...
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Visting Rotarians

Date: 1931
Description: A group of Rotarian tourists pose next to their tour bus in England. Joseph Jackson of Madison, the tall man in the back row wearing a hat, was a national...
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Madison Mayoral Change

Date: 12 10 1943
Description: Former mayor James R. Law hands the gavel to his successor, F. Halsey Kraege, who was elected by the common council to fill the unexpired term for Law who ...
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Apprentice Room, Taliesin

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Description: Interior of one of the apprentice's rooms at Taliesin. Taliesin was the summer home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship. Taliesin i...
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Woman Drinking Beer

Date: 1906
Description: Mary Smith, wife of Dr. Joseph Smith, drinks a beer on a veranda or balcony while on sojourn in Austria. Mr. and Mrs. Smith stayed in Austria for eight mon...
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The Old Dells House

Date: 1925
Description: A copy of an older photograph by H.H. Bennett. The description reads: "With two women under trees in front of ruined building. The women are Mrs. Greene ...
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Funerals of Glenn Frank, Sr. and Jr.

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of the crowd in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda during the funerals for University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and his son Glenn, ...
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Crowd Outside the State Capitol at the Funeral for Glenn Frank Sr. and Jr.

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of the overflow crowd standing outside the Wisconsin State Capitol during the funerals for University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and ...
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Funerals for Glenn Frank Sr. and Jr. at the State Capitol

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: The caskets of University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and his son Glenn, Jr. are carried up the steps of the Monona Avenue entrance to the Wisconsin...
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Cottage Community

Date: 1971
Description: A cottage and trailer house community along a river. A Schlitz beer advertising is nailed to a tree and reads, "Move up to Quality / Schlitz / The Beer Tha...
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Packinghouse Workers Organizing

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Description: During the 1930s the CIO's Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee PWOC) began a national organizing campaign among packinghouse workers. This undated p...
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Kittens in a Basket

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Description: Four kittens play outdoors in and around a wicker basket on the ground.
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Wagon Train

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of a wagon train passing through the town. There are numerous covered wagons and horses, and storefronts on both sides of the road. Caption r...
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Sigurd Olson

Date: 1942
Description: Sigurd Olson standing in a Border Lakes Outfitting Company canoe.
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Portaging at Curtain Falls

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Description: View of men and young boys with canoes pulled up on rocks near a rapids during an unidentified wilderness canoe trip led by Sigurd Olson.

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