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Man and Woman on a Pathway

Date: 1900
Description: Overhead view of a man and woman on a pathway, she in white against a dark background, and he in shirt and vest.
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Actress as Indian

Date: 1857
Description: Actress standing with crossed arms dressed in Indian headdress and wrap for performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth ...
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Eddie Rickenbacker-Ace of Aces

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Description: Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, who earned the title "Ace of Aces" for his 27 victories during World War I. In this photograph he is posed against a plane ...
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Reeder Smith House and Rickety Fence

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Description: Elevated view across road and fence towards two houses and a yard, bordered by a damaged, white picket fence. The house burned down in 1867.
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Wisconsin at the World's Fair

Date: 1904
Description: Seated at the table in front of the Wisconsin Building at the St. Louis World's Fair are Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and Lieutenant Governor James...
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Timothy Burns Tablet

Date: 1939
Description: The Timothy Burns tablet in Burns Park, near Main Street. The tablet reads: "To perpetuate the record of the gift of Burns Park to La Crosse by Hon. Timoth...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior of south entrance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Book or Pamphlet

Abaché and Kazoola

Date: 1914
Description: An African American woman and man pose together outdoors. Abaché, also known as Clara Turner, and Kazoola, also known as Cudjoe Lewis, were formerly enslav...
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Ada Deer

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Ada Deer.
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Vel Phillips and Unidentified Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips poses indoors with an unidentified woman.
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Vel Phillips on Couch

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a patterned dress and sitting on a green and white tree-patterned couch.
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Vel Phillips and W. Dale Phillips

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Description: Vel Phillips and her husband W. Dale Phillips sitting on a green and white tree-patterned couch. Dale is wearing a blue shirt and eyeglasses. Vel is wearin...
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Vel Phillip

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Description: Vel Phillips, in a white vest, stand near an open doorway with a bell on it that is engranved with: "U.S."
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Vel Phillips in Doorway

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Description: Vel Phillips standing in an open double doorway wearing a white puffy vest and yellow pants. A bell is hanging on the closed door, which has a window with ...
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Sigrid Schultz on a Telephone

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Description: Sigrid Schultz pauses to look at the camera while talking on the telephone.

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