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Up the Wolf River for Votes for Women

Date: 1912
Description: Suffragists sitting aboard the Mary E. at dockside on the Wolf River. The boat sports a banner reading: "Votes for Women."
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Odanah Railroad Bridge

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Description: A Northwestern Railroad train pulled by locomotive #967 across a bridge with steel supports.
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Lutie E. Stearns

Date: 08 1915
Description: Candid outdoor portrait of Lutie E. Stearns, signed on the back: "yours unto death and after, Lutie E. Stearns".
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Blue Mounds Rural Road

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Description: View of rural Blue Mounds, with a two-lane, paved road. The caption at the bottom reads: "East View of Blue Mounds, Wis. Elevation, 1760 ft.".
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Town of Blue Mounds from a Distance

Date: 1910
Description: Distant view of the town, with railroad tracks in foreground. The church is the highest point in the image. "General View. Blue Mounds in the Distance. Alt...
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Brookfield Storefront

Date: 1910
Description: View of storefront and people with a horse-drawn carriage.
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Chetek Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down a snow-covered unpaved street in Chetek. Horse-drawn vehicles are along the right, and commercial buildings line both sides of the street. There ...
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First Congregational Church and O.H. Ingram Residence

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Description: View down a street of the later rendition of the church, with the O.H. Ingram residence behind it on the right.
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John F. Kennedy at West Palm Beach

Date: 04 1963
Description: John F. Kennedy and another man by a white car at West Palm Beach. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "on Lake Worth while visiting Fred and ...
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Court House

Date: 1907
Description: The court house in La Crosse.
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Lighthouse, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of the remnants of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse. Faint caption at bottom reads: "Lighthouse".
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Evangelical Deaconess Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital.
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War Departmental Trial

Date: 1918
Description: Captain Alexander E. Williams of the War Department testing the experimental truck that the Four Wheel Drive Company hoped to manufacture for the army. In ...
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Church of Christ, Scientist

Date: 1890
Description: Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Scientist church outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and the first building erected in Americ...
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Thordarson Garden Entrance

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Description: The entrance to the garden framed by a decorative wooden gate.
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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...
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Pier at Black Point

Date: 07 02 1939
Description: The launch "Penguin" is moored at the pier at Black Point; the United States flag is lifted by the breeze. A brick walkway leads to the pier.
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Photographer on Pier

Date: 08 1925
Description: A photographer is crouching on a wooden pier behind a small camera on a tripod to film C.B. (Chandler Burnell) Chapman, a realtor and good friend of Stanle...
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Herbert on Bicycle

Date: 1925
Description: Herbert Edmund Brumder posing on his bicycle next to the Christmas tree in the family living room at 2030 East Lafayette Place. He is wearing a suit with k...
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Group of People Posing in Automobile

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Description: Tintype group portrait of three men and three women sitting in an open automobile. Two of the men are holding bottles in their hand. The sign on the front ...

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