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Women Hiking

Date: 10 25 1912
Description: Five young women walking across a field. The hand-lettered caption reads: "The hiker's stride."
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J.J. Emmerich Cranberry Company

Date: 09 21 1922
Description: Elevated view of the J.J. Emmerich Cranberry Company showing the bog in the background with the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian cranberry pickers' camp at the ...
Photograph

Schwister — Ready for the Start

Date: 1911
Description: John Schwister and his home-built airplane, "the Minnesota Badger," at the Langlade County Fairgrounds.
Postcard

Grading Rural Road with Avery Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Road workers grading a rural country road with an Avery tractor and wooden grading blocks. The image was cropped from a postcard collected by International...
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1905
Description: View down road. There is a long fence and a sidewalk on the right side. Houses and trees are on both sides of the road. Caption reads: "Baileys Harbor Wis"...
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Tank Cottage

Date: 1930
Description: View of the cottage with a stone wall in front of it, and surrounded by plants and trees. On the original site on the west side of the Fox River before res...
Postcard

Tank Cottage

Date: 1940
Description: Drawing of the front of the cottage and the stone wall. Text reads: "Roi 1776, Porlier 1805, Tank 1850."
Photograph

Mining Building

Date: 1910
Description: An old, dilapidated mining building surrounded by a field.
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Rear of Lanyon House

Date: 1948
Description: Rear view of the Lanyon house, built by William Lanyon. At the time of this photograph, the house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. George Jeuck.
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Primitive Methodist Church

Date: 1900
Description: A primitive Methodist Church building. Caption reads: "Old P.M. Church Mineral Point, Wis."
Print

Linear Mound on the Dividing Ridge

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Description: Two men enjoy the shade among Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisco...
Photograph

Hop House

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of a hop house built in about 1868 by H.J. Meyer.
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Little Norway

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of Little Norway buildings near a hill.
Photograph

Little Norway

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of buildings at "Little Norway."
Postcard

First Street, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin

Date: 1911
Description: First Street with residential homes. Caption reads: "First Street, Grand Rapids, Wis."
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro...
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Boy and Girl Working in the Field

Date: 1917
Description: A girl and a boy doing field work beside a wagon.
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Mrs. Harford in Garden

Date: 1930
Description: Cyanotype view of Mrs. Harford sitting in pumpkin and corn in her garden on Madeline Island.
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International B-414 Diesel Tractor in Field

Date: 1961
Description: Color photograph of a British-built B-414 diesel tractor in a field.
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Old Water Works

Date: 1896
Description: View of the Old Water Works on East Washington Avenue, as seen from the Capitol Square.

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