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Semi-Pro Baseball

Date: 1915
Description: Two men playing baseball for semi-pro teams in a Milwaukee ballpark.
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Farmhouses and Churches

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill across field towards farmhouses, dwellings and churches along a road. In the foreground are stumps. Caption reads: "Big Falls, Wis."
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Boy & Girl at Vilas Zoo

Date: 09 09 1940
Description: Boy and girl at the Henry Vilas Zoo, looking at elephant cage, and donkey cage while getting a drink from the fountain. Taken for Manchesters Department St...
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Historical Marker at Henry Dodge's Homestead

Date: 1930
Description: Historical marker on the site of Henry Dodge's homestead. Dodge was the first territorial governor of Wisconsin.
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Picnic Point from Farms

Date: 03 24 1913
Description: Picnic Point from the University Farm fields, now known as Observatory Hill.
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Iron County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View across road toward the court house. Caption reads: "Court House, Hurley, Wis."
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Pecatonica Battleground Marker

Date: 1922
Description: The Pecatonica Battlegound marker, erected by the Rhoda Hinsdale Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Shullsburg and by the town of Wiota...
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Soldier's Monument in Fountain Park

Date: 1906
Description: Soldiers' Monument in Fountain Park.
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Salter Gravemarker

Date: 1925
Description: Salter marker between Necedah and New Lisbon, marks spot where some Indians killed a Mrs. George Salter on June 13, 1863. Mr. Salter had a log tavern here ...
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State Line Sign & Dick Lloyd Jones

Date: 1919
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones standing on the state line sign between Wisconsin and Illinois. This picture was taken when the Lloyd Jones family moved from M...
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Man Seated on P&O Planter

Date: 1919
Description: Portrait of a man seated on a P&O planter.
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Joseph Lucius with a Monument

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Description: Joe Lucius stands behind a monument rock at Lake St. Croix, at the end of the Portage Trail.
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Farm Implement used in Cranberry Fields

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Description: Newell Jasperson of the Whittlesey Cranberry Company with machinery used in cranberry fields. There is snow on the ground, and behind him is a parked autom...
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Broom and Wash-Basin

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified man standing in (a farmyard?) with a broom and wash-basin.
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The Winter Slide

Date: 02 29 1916
Description: Atop the winter slide, Lillian Wheeler is positioning herself on the sled. Her mother Anna Holt Wheeler is watching her, and a third person is standing beh...
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Lillian Wheeler Toboganning

Date: 02 29 1916
Description: Toddler Lillian Wheeler is tobogganing down the snowy chute with her mother Anna Holt Wheeler, and a third person is sitting behind Anna. There is a house ...
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Tree in the Middle of the Road

Date: 10 1918
Description: View down road towards a car stopped next to the lone tree in the middle of the road. An eight-foot fence surrounds and protects this tall tree.

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