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Dam and Lumbermill

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Wausau mill and dam next to the river, where logs were first sorted.
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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype of the Fairchild residence, home of Lucius Fairchild. A woman is standing in the doorway.
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Heg Residence

Date: 1910
Description: The home of Col. E.H. Heg. This building now stands on the site of the loghouse where the first of Nordlyset was printed.
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Hamlin Garland House

Date: 
Description: The home of Hamlin Garland.
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Little Norway Buildings

Date: 1948
Description: Buildings at "Little Norway." From left to right: tool house, Norway house, Haugen homestead. The wagon in foreground is a kubberulle; the wheels are sec...
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Rountree House

Date: 1948
Description: The John H. Rountree House, built in 1854. According to "The History of Wisconsin" (Vol. I, 1973), "The rise of the settlement at Platte Mounds was indisso...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1898
Description: View from frozen Lake Mendota of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse. Two ice...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1948
Description: View of dormitories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A man in a light-colored sweater is leaning with his arm against a tree on the right, lo...
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Puppies on a Farm

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Description: A litter of puppies stand on a wooden structure with (presumably) their mother below them in the foreground.
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Two Women Sit on a Tree Limb

Date: 1898
Description: Two women, Mrs. Osborn and Mrs. Schildhauer, sit on a large tree limb near Mendota Drive.
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Horse-Drawn Carriage on Bridge

Date: 1899
Description: A woman drives a horse-drawn carriage over a rustic, wooden bridge.
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Stacking Hay

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Description: Several agricultural workers operating horse-driven machinery to stack hay. Two men stand on a large pile of hay. Caption reads: "A Hay Ranch In Colorado."
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Stacking Hay

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Description: Several agricultural workers operating horse-driven machinery to stack hay. Two men stand on a large pile of hay. Caption reads: "A Hay Ranch In Colorado."
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Eagle Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: Students and their teacher, Gladys Hofseth (back row, far right), pose outside Eagle Corners School. The school is a wood frame building with an enclosed p...
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Cap Carbon and Lighthouse

Date: 1927
Description: A switchback path leading to Cap Carbon and the lighthouse perched near the summit of the peninsula. The lighthouse is built on top of a giant rock that pr...
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Outdoor Portrait of Two European American Children

Date: 
Description: Exterior portrait of an unidentified boy and girl posing standing in a field in front of a wooden house. They are both wearing light-colored clothing.
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Egg Harbor Pier

Date: 04 17 1963
Description: Egg Harbor pier. The shoreline and trees are on the right. There is a cottage area along the shoreline along with a small beach.
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Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge from north side of frozen Sturgeon Bay. The bridge is made of wood (and steel supports???). There is a dock in the foregro...
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Manitowoc Shipbuilding Floating Drydock

Date: 07 02 1960
Description: View across water towards the Manitowoc Shipbuilding floating drydock. Pilings and grass are in the foreground. On the far shoreline are buildings on a hil...
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Kewaunee Carferry

Date: 09 15 1960
Description: View across water towards a carferry named "City of Flint," moored at a dock. There are buildings on the dock on the right.

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