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Buying Tickets at Ellis Island

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Description: Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island.
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Departing Ellis Island

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Description: Elevated view from railing of immigrants boarding a ferry to depart Ellis Island.
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Camp of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 1862
Description: Sketch of the camp of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry on Island No. 10 during the Civil War. Colonel Hans Christian Heg commanded the...
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Menasha Factory View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground.
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Menasha Factories View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the railroad bridge, with industrial plants on Doty Island.
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Men On Bluffs Over Fountain City

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Description: Two men posing on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River at Fountain City. Fountain Brewery is visible at bottom right.
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The structure was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his childhood friend Robert Lamp. The home's ...
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Pyramid on Pyramid Lake

Date: 1902
Description: One of several pyramid rock formations from which the lake takes its name.
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Rattlesnake Island at Pyramid Lake

Date: 1902
Description: A distant view of Pyramid Lake's Rattlesnake Island.
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Rattlesnake Island Rock Formation

Date: 1902
Description: A rock formation on Pyramid Lake's Rattlesnake Island.
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Durand Riverside Neighborhood

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Description: View from hill looking down at houses and buildings at an intersection. Beyond are commercial buildings, the river, and the far shoreline. Hills are in the...
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Medical Inspection of Immigrants

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Description: Medical inspection of immigrants at Ellis Island.
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Docks at Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Docks and shanties at Jones Island, with smokestacks and cranes in the background.
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Rocky Roost

Date: 05 24 1896
Description: Rocky Roost, a cottage designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his friend Robert Lamp. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota.
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McGillavray Sash and Door Company

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Description: McGillivray Sash and Door Company, located on an island south of Harrison Street. The plant had a right to some of the water power. In the front is the tai...
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Camp Stella

Date: 1915
Description: Women standing at General Fifield's Camp Stella at Sand Island, Apostle Island, Lake Superior.
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Vilas Park Island Clean Up Campaign

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: Three teenage girls are carrying shovels on their shoulders while crossing a wooden foot bridge. More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited throug...
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Lakefront View

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: View of Lake Michigan as seen from the lakefront property owned by Mr. Lloyd Lehman. Mrs. Lehman, and a neighbor, Patti O'Connell, attempt to set a dinner ...
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Cemetery Monument

Date: 08 22 1964
Description: The Hansen monument in a Washington Island cemetery. The monument is surrounded by a cluster of Tiger Lillies which are no longer blooming.
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Boats Docked on Jones Island

Date: 1898
Description: View from water of boats docked near houses on Jones Island. To the right two flags are strung up flagpoles near a building with a covered porch, perhaps a...

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