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Home-Built Heath

Date: 1932
Description: Ray and Carl Breecher's Heath parasol monoplane while still under construction in their father's garage. Despite extensive modification, the plane crashed ...
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Hillside Studio Construction

Date: 1932
Description: Workers working on the construction of the drafting studio at the Taliesin Fellowship Complex used by the Taliesin Fellowship. The Romeo and Juliet windmil...
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Tower Hill Bluff

Date: 1945
Description: View from the bluff at Tower Hill State Park of the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Tower Hill State Park Shot Shaft".
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Tower Hill Smelter

Date: 1945
Description: A marker at the former site of the smelter which stood at the top of the shot tower shaft. The sign reads: "Tower Hill State Park The Old Shot Tower At thi...
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Windiate Hotel

Date: 1964
Description: The Windiate Hotel located at York and Sixth Streets. The hotel was erected in 1854 and opened the same time as the mercantile store across the street. The...
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Pontoon Railway Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of the pontoon bridge construction. People are standing on and near the railroad tracks in the foreground.
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Selective Logging

Date: 03 1938
Description: A large white pine being felled on the Menominee Indian Reservation. This photograph was taken to illustrate the tribe's selective logging practices.
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Modernization in SHSW Library

Date: 1955
Description: Ceiling high scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room, with a man and a woman attempting to study at the tables in the foregrou...
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Fishing Village

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of a fishing village at Gills Rock, at the tip of the Door County Peninsula. Two boats, many nets, and three men are visible, along with a ...
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Sawmill

Date: 1932
Description: A steam tractor provides power for a portable sawmill owned by Jake Karken. The large sawblade is still as men pose for the photographer. There is a team o...
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Research Products Plant-Air Filter Division

Date: 02 06 1941
Description: Exterior of Research Products Plant-Air Filter Division.
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Polisher at Work

Date: 1910
Description: A workman poses beside a belt-driven polisher inside a shed at the Montello granite quarry. Two other men relax in the background near an open door where n...
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Down in Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: Two men stand on a ledge in the granite quarry in Montello. Three other men stand below. The side of the quarry rises up above the group in the background....
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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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Monument at Andersonville

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of the Indiana Monument at the Andersonville National Cemetery. The monument was made of Montello granite at a cost of $10,000 i...
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Illinois Memorial at Andersonville

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of the Illinois Memorial at Andersonville National Cemetery. A bronze sculpture depicting Columbia, Youth and a Maiden is mounte...
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Montello Quarry Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking southeast at a cut face of the granite quarry. A worker stands on a ledge on the right. There are ropes and ladders in the quarry.
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Quarry Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View over quarry towards two men in suits sitting at the top edge of the cut face of the granite quarry. In the background is a house at the top of the hil...
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Civil War Monument

Date: 1910
Description: The Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument on the grounds of the Green County Courthouse. A sculpture of a soldier stands atop the massive base made of Mo...
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Three People on Raft

Date: 1910
Description: Three people on a raft, all wearing blue shirts. Two of the people are standing and holding shields and spears, while the third person is sitting in the mi...

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