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Senator Proxmire and Constituents

Date: 07 1969
Description: Senator William Proxmire greets three elderly women seated on a bench at the Capitol Square.
Postcard

Business District

Date: 1909
Description: View of the business district with a horse and buggy traveling down the road. Caption reads: "Business District, Hazel Green, Wis."
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High School

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards Horicon High School. A flag is flying from the tower on the roof.
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Court Street

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view looking down Court Street in Janesville toward the west.
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Old Mission

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Old Mission, as seen from the pier with Old Mission Congregational Church behind it. This Mission was established in 1830 by Fred...
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Railroad Station

Date: 1905
Description: View down left side of railroad tracks towards a railroad station with several figures standing on and around the platform. A sign on the right reads: "Wau...
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Lutheran Church and Parsonage

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of a Lutheran church and parsonage. Caption reads: "Luth. Church & Parsonage, Rosendale Wis."
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Freitag Barn

Date: 1948
Description: Freitag barn with horse and cow weathervanes, about 1.5 miles north of Monticello. There is a windmill above the trees on the right.
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Coates House

Date: 1948
Description: The Coates house.
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Cabin Built by Jacob Rieder

Date: 1948
Description: Cabin built by Jacob Rieder, an early Swiss settler of New Glarus.
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Otto Falk House

Date: 1964
Description: Exterior of building just prior to demolition. At the time, the building was occupied by the Milwaukee County Historical Society. Three and one-half story...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1893
Description: Elevated view from North Hall of main entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Delia and Frank King

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Description: Delia and Frank King on a terrace on the side of a house with their Doberman Pinschers at Folly Farm. A classical sculpture is in the foreground.
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Young Man Riding a Mule

Date: 1900
Description: A young man is shown riding a mule. He is transporting harvested sugar cane.
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Van Hise Dining Staff

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Description: Beulah Dahle, Carson Gulley and Margaret Roeckel Miner standing in front of Van Hise Hall (now Carson Gulley Hall). Gulley is wearing his white chef unifor...
Print

City of London

Date: 1810
Description: View of the city of Lincoln, England. Photocopy after an engraving by B.G. Topham.
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Cough Syrup Advertisement on a Barn

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Description: An advertisement for Norwegian cough syrup painted on the side of a barn near Stoughton on Highway N.
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Ann Arbor Railroad Carferry Slip

Date: 12 17 1957
Description: Carferry slip with pilings in the foreground, and a shoreline in the background. The pier is made of timbers. In the background on the left is a factory wi...
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Brumder Barn

Date: 1902
Description: A large barn with wooden vented cupola with a small onion dome. The description on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Big barn at Villa Henrietta that G...
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Herbert Brumder Reading

Date: 12 1916
Description: Herber Paul Brumder (1885-1967) relaxing in an easy chair with his crossed legs on an ottoman as he is reading the Germania Herold newspaper. There ...

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