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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of the east gallery of the Wisconsin State Capitol. By 1911, the commission learned that the quarry that supplied the red granite for the piers on... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Commercial pilot C.B. "Cash" Chamberlain posed with a Hamilton Metalplane owned by Universal Airlines. Chamberlain began his flying career with the Walter ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the stately Avalon Hotel. A drugstore occupied some of the space on the first floor. Caption reads: "Avalon Hotel, Waukesha, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Russian Orthodox Church. Caption reads: "Greek Catholic Church, Cornucopia, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a Methodist church. Caption reads: "Methodist Church, Hazel Green, Wis." |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the building on a street corner, with a flag flying from the roof. The street has parked cars and pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Captio... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Entrance to Tripp Hall, a men's dormitory, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 08 24 1925 |
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| Description: | An outdoor brick bake oven with utensils alongside. According to the photographer, these were "often used by the early taverns." |
| Date: | 08 24 1925 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Silent film actress Anita Stewart holds a live rabbit and wears a dead fox. Original caption: "Anita Stewart with her pet rabbits at her home in Hollyw... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of former boxer, Tommy Gibbons, Father Gordon, and Governor Fred R. Zimmerman at a Ho Chunk (Winnebago) ceremony. Zimmerman is wearing a b... |
| Date: | 06 01 1925 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard looking up towards Lone Rock. Trees are on top of the formation. Caption reads: "Lone Rock, Camp Douglas, Wis." |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Two men walk away from the camera, down a narrow country road. Both are wearing knickers and knee socks; the man on the left wears a hat and carries a walk... |
| Date: | 02 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the abandoned Jackson Iron Company furnace complex at Fayette, on the shore of Snail Shell Harbor. Lake Michigan is in the background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two unidentified young men pose in the snow with their firearms behind seven dead rabbits displayed on a barbed wire fence; there are three dogs on the oth... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Noel Gillespie poses outdoors in a white suit and pith helmet. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A small abandoned log cabin stands among tall conifers and overgrown brush. There is very little chinking remaining and no glass in the window. The cabin h... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A man holding a cigar stands near a Gilt Edge Liberty furnace. The R.J. Schwab and Sons Co. in Milwaukee sold Liberty and Pipeless furnaces for over fifty ... |
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