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State Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of a State Street sidewalk and its surrounding environment. Along the left are trees and a lawn, and along the sidewalk is a stone wall. Trees are alo...
Photograph

The Yahara River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking down the Yahara River. In the foreground a canoe is tied to a small dock, and in the background is a bridge.
Photograph

First Honors — Fall Festival

Date: 1927
Description: Sons of Norway group in traditional Norwegian costume standing on a replica of a viking ship as part of the Fall Festival. A large American flag flies from...
Postcard

Lake Front Water Tower

Date: 1910
Description: Water Tower surrounded by trees. Caption reads: "Lake Front Water Tower, Milwaukee."
Postcard

Lake Front Water Tower

Date: 1905
Description: Water Tower from road, with a faux birchbark background. Caption reads: "Lake Front Water Tower, Milwaukee."
Photograph

Children on Sidewalk

Date: 07 22 1910
Description: Four children are out for a walk. One is pushing a baby (the youngest of the four) in a stroller while the other two are walking on either side.
Book or Pamphlet

Steamer Weyerhauser on Mississippi River

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the steamboat Weyerhauser on the Mississippi River.
Postcard

Taft in a Glass

Date: 1908
Description: Humorous postcard designed by Elizabeth H. Bridgers of North Carolina in support of the Presidential candidacy of Republican William Howard Taft. Mrs. Bri...
Photograph

Bis on Campus

Date: 1914
Description: Florence (Bis) Lloyd Jones turns while walking along a flower border on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Postcard

4th Ward School

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the school. Caption reads: "4th Ward School, Antigo, Wis."
Photograph

Tripp Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Entrance to Tripp Hall, a men's dormitory, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Postcard

To My Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: Valentine's Day postcard with Cupid holding a heart on the front and text at the foot that reads: "To My Valentine". The background is decorated with carna...
Postcard

Bridge at Wilsie's White Birch Lodge

Date: 
Description: A wooded lakeside scene at Wilsie's WHite Birch Lodge including a small bridge and a footpath leading to picnic tables. Caption reads: "Scene at Wilsie's W...
Photograph

Bake Oven

Date: 08 24 1925
Description: An outdoor brick bake oven with utensils alongside. According to the photographer, these were "often used by the early taverns."
Photograph

Ehle Monument

Date: 08 24 1925
Description: A very large cemetery monument with a female figure sculpture, inscribed with the name Ehle. There is a shed in the background. The Ehle family lived in ...
Photograph

Charles Brown at Pump

Date: 1925
Description: Charles E. Brown stands beside a chain and crank operated water pump. Brown was the curator of the museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and ...
Photograph

Snyder House

Date: 1940
Description: View from street of the home of George Snyder at 1219 Ash Street. It is a large wooden Queen Anne-style house with a columned front porch and a corner towe...
Photograph

Stekl House

Date: 1940
Description: View from street of a dog sitting on the front porch of a large Victorian house at 127 Eleventh Street, the home of Dr. Clausen F. Stekl, a Baraboo dentist...
Photograph

Korean Man near Vladivostok

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption reads: "Native Korean, just outside Vladivostok [Russia]."
Photograph

Women and Children Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: A group of women and children gathered around a table outdoors. They appear to be serving food out of bowls and containers placed on a table.

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