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Village of Glidden

Date: 1885
Description: View of buildings in an industrial area with a forest in the background.
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Jefferson Street South from Doty Street

Date: 1896
Description: Jefferson Street south from Doty Street with trees lining the street.
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Military Road Sign

Date: 1923
Description: Old Military Road sign. Sign reads: "1864 — 1924 Old Military Road — In March — 1863 — Abraham Lincoln affixed his signature to an act of Congress which en...
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View from First Peak

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view from first peak of Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
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Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece

Date: 1948
Description: Barlow "Chalet of the Golden Fleece," built in 1937 as the home of Edwin Barlow, originator and director of the Wilhelm Tell play. It has been willed to th...
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Theta Mead by Her Car

Date: 1918
Description: Theta Mead standing next to her car on a rural dirt road holding a book under her arm.
Painting

The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...
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Milwaukee's Greatest May Day Parade

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: Side view of a car parked at curb decorated to participate in the May Day parade. The car has two large megaphones mounted on top and a banner that reads, ...
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Company Unions Memorial Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone...
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Men working in field during Wisconsin cranberry harvest. Crates are stacked up throughout the field.
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Burned Cross

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Description: A charred wooden cross attached to a stake in the ground on the lawn near a road. In the background are residential buildings.
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Castle

Date: 1910
Description: The Lynch residence, a castle like home alongside a road.
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Paving Blocks

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Montello granite quarry grounds shows piles of granite paving blocks. In the background, a team of horses pulls a wagon under an elevated narro...
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Men Returning after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visiting a village. The tiger had been preying on livestock for a cou...
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Yahara River Mill

Date: 1850
Description: A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The origina...
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Woman Driving a Carriage

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Description: Left side view of a young woman looking out from a horse-drawn carriage holding the reins to the horse.
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Stroh Brothers and Others on Excelsior Twin Motorcycles

Date: 1916
Description: Excelsior Twin Motorcycles with, left to right: Stroh Brothers, Mart Liedtke, William Martin, Mr. Schultz, and Mr. Liedtke.
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Decainey's Resort

Date: 08 1915
Description: A view down a dirt road to Decainey's Resort near the Vermillion River. This is near present day Buyck, Minnesota.

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