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Karl Bitter

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Description: Portrait of Karl Bitter, sculptor of "Wealth" and other statuary for the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Aviation License of John Kaminski

Date: 05 08 1912
Description: License #121 issued to John Kaminski in 1912 by the Aero Club of America.
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Model Builders

Date: 1934
Description: The members of Hangar 13, a group of Beloit youth organized to build and race model airplanes. Conrad Hansen, their organizer, is standing at left in the b...
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Chippewa Family

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Description: A Native American (Ojibwa) family photographed on the Lac du Flambeau reservation. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul...
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Boys on Mississippi River

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Description: Groups of boys on the Mississippi River shore undressing for a swim. Alma is visible across the river.
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Portage Canal and Lock

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Portage canal and lock, with the Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin ...
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Baird House

Date: 1890
Description: View of the H.S. Baird house.
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Women's Building

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Description: Fairgoers walk past the Women's Building at the Wisconsin State Fair. The sign on the front reads: Women's Dept."
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Horticulture Building at the State Fair

Date: 1927
Description: Crowds walking past the Horticulture Building at the Wiconsin State Fair. In a pavilion above the building the Aluminum Goose Manufacturing Co. Band of Ma...
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Fair Midway Crowds

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Description: Elevated view of crowds packing the Midway at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Bond Historical Site Marker

Date: 1930
Description: The Bond historical site marker, marking the home where Carrie Jacobs Bond wrote "I Love You Truly."
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Executive Residence

Date: 1965
Description: The Executive Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. Used as the Executive Residence from 1883-1950.
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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype interior view of the Fairchild Residence, home of Lucius Fairchild. The woman sitting down is Mrs. Lucius Fairchild. Among the artworks that can ...
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Lincoln School

Date: 1920
Description: Lincoln School with trees in the foreground.
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Eugene A. Gilmore House

Date: 1965
Description: The Eugene A. Gilmore house, 120 Ely Place, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, architect.
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Pendarvis Dining Room

Date: 1930
Description: The dining room in the Cornish Pendarvis home.
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Dean Family Sleighing

Date: 1852
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Eliab Dean, an early Madison businessman, riding in a sleigh drawn by two horses with his wife Sarah Fairchild Dean and youn...
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Vesper, Wisconsin

Date: 1895
Description: View of several buildings and horse-drawn stagecoaches in Vesper.
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Vesper, Wisconsin

Date: 1895
Description: View of Vesper, featuring various buildings.
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Lamp House

Date: 1965
Description: The Robert Lamp house, 22 North Butler Street (viewed from East Mifflin Street). The house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, in 1902, and bui...

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