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Fitchburg Business Section

Date: 1923
Description: Business section of Fitchburg. Building and trees to the right with men and cars out front.
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Snow on Butler Street

Date: 1910
Description: Winter scene of an unplowed, snowy Butler Street, with tire tracks and snow-covered trees.
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Edward A. Birge

Date: 1917
Description: Edward A. Birge and Chancey Juday with plankton trap in Lake Mendota. From album of photographs relating to the research in limnology conducted at Trout La...
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Victor Berger

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Description: Arm in arm, Socialist Victor Berger and colleague Robert Hunter take a stroll in downtown Milwaukee.
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Lee with Passenger

Date: 1932
Description: Clyde Allen Lee (left), who grew up in Larsen, Wisconsin, and John Bochkon, a last-minute passenger, before they took off to attempt a trans-Atlantic fligh...
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Buses at Fraternity House

Date: 05 15 1926
Description: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, located at 521 North Henry Street, with Royal Rapid Transit Co. buses.
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Devils Island

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Description: Devils Island on Lake Superior, outermost of the Apostle Islands group. There appears to be the edge of a boat in the foreground.
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons honor the Wisconsin Civil War soldiers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The memorial was nam...
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Winter Street Scene

Date: 1899
Description: Winter scene of two men standing on a snowy street with the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background. They are holding snow shovels.
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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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Methodist Church

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Dodgeville Methodist Church, with a car parked in front.
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Lake Mendota

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Description: Wisconsin Capital from the shores of Lake Mendota, with two steamboats crossing the lake.
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State Capitol Construction

Date: 1912
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol under construction, with men and a horse-drawn buggy in the foreground.
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G.A.R. Memorial Hall

Date: 1973
Description: The G.A.R. Memorial Hall on Monona Avenue. It was later demolished to make way for a parking lot.
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Ripon College

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of Ripon College.
Postcard

Rhinelander Paper Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View from bridge looking towards the paper mill and railroad bridge on the Wisconsin River outside of Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River and Pape...
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Canal Locks

Date: 1935
Description: A close view of the canal locks.
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Clarence Russell and Airplane

Date: 1919
Description: Clarence Russell leaning next to a Jenny bi-plane, wearing aviator gear. This was the first airplane to land on Madeline Island.
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Leo Capser Playing Piano on Old Mission Dock

Date: 1920
Description: Leo Capser, founder of the Madeline Island Historical Museum, sitting on a bench playing piano on the Old Mission Dock at Madeline Island.
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Postmistress Mrs. Lathrop

Date: 1919
Description: Postmistress Mrs. Lathrop poses next to Harold Russell's airplane. This plane was the first to land on Madeline Island.

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