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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1890
Description: Slightly elevated view of the members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention and their families standing for a portrait at Mount Vernon.
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First Congregational Church and Parsonage

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Description: View from road towards the church. The church has a fence running along the front. There are a few people standing on the porch of the parsonage on the lef...
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Bandstand

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Bandstand surrounded by a lawn and trees.
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Andy Gump Statue

Date: 1925
Description: The Andy Gump statue on the grounds of the late Sidney Smith, cartoonist, estate. The statue represents Smith's popular cartoon figure, and at the time of ...
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Marathon County Asylum

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Marathon County Asylum, with a dirt road leading to the main entrance.
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Deaf-mute School, Saint Francis, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of a school for the deaf and mute.
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First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
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Brisbois Fur Trading Post

Date: 1925
Description: Former building of the Astor Company, also known as the Brisbois Fur Trading Post. The American Fur Company, which had been organized by John Jacob Astor i...
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State Register Office

Date: 1880
Description: The State Register newspaper office. This paper was published by Andrew Jackson Turner, father of Frederick Jackson Turner noted historian. Andrew Jackson ...
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Young Man at Hillside Home School

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Description: A young man reads to a group standing outside Hillside Home School.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1940
Description: Paul Johnson (left) and James Borden (right) racing down Gorham Street at Madison's (Wisconsin) 1940 soap box derby. They have just left the starting ramp....
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Devil's Lake CCC Crew

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor informal group portrait of Devil's Lake State Park Civilian Conservation Corps workers.
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Three Women Posing in Vilas Park

Date: 1920
Description: Three African American women, Lucille Jones, Charlotte Simms, and Phoebe Hines, posing in Vilas Park.
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Bjerk's Grocery Wagon

Date: 02 1920
Description: Side view of a Bjerk's Grocery wagon parked on a snowy street in front of the shop, which was located at 1 N. Blair Street (at E. Washington Avenue).
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Hedjord Graves

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Description: Ten graves of the Hedjord family in the Muskego churchyard. There is an obelisk is the center of graves.
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Home Nursing Class

Date: 1942
Description: Image of outdoor group portrait from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with members of a Red Cross home nursing class held January-May 1942 at the se...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Orioles Club Scrapbook: Orioles with Their Dolls

Date: 1940
Description: Group portrait of the Orioles, members of a club for ten-year-old girls at Neighborhood House. A former worker at the settlement house then working in a ho...
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Burned House, Rear View

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Description: Rear view of the charred remains of a house that has been burned. Undamaged homes are in the background.
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Burned House, Front View

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Description: Front view of the charred remains of a house that has been burned. Undamaged homes are visible in the background.
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War Correspondent at His Typewriter

Date: 07 1943
Description: Robert Doyle types stories about the Red Arrow Division in his tent while seated on his cot. The tent sides are tied open. A crate serves as a typewriter s...

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