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Cabin on Big Bay Beach

Date: 1890
Description: Three men sitting in front of log building at Big Bay Beach on Madeline Island.
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Information Cabin

Date: 1940
Description: Four people outside of the information cabin at Copper Falls State Park.
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Sixth Ward / Marquette School

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of the 6th Ward School, 1237 Williamson Street, built in 1894. Several people are posing on the road and sidewalk in front of the building with tw...
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad Passenger Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad passenger depot. The village of Allis is now part of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is called West Allis.
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Martin's Tavern

Date: 1910
Description: View of Leonard Martin's Tavern in Chamberlain, with large Martin house in front.
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1946
Description: The Forest Products Laboratory.
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Mill Pond, Shullsburg, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of a mill pond, with a group of three women and a man standing near the shoreline on the right.
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Tripp Memorial Library

Date: 1912
Description: View from street of the Tripp Memorial Library in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, about 1912. Caption reads: "New Library, Prairie du Sac, Wis."
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Nettie, Harold, and Chauncey McCormick Leaving Church

Date: 04 12 1914
Description: Photograph taken by a reporter on Easter Sunday, of Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) leaving Fourth Church in Chicago with her great-nephew, Chauncey Br...
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Mrs. Lathrop at Old La Pointe Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Elizabeth Lathrop sitting on steps of La Point Post Office with an unidentified woman.
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Storefronts Along Street

Date: 1925
Description: View down middle of street, with pedestrians and storefronts lining both sides. There is a meat market on the left. Automobiles are parked along the curb.
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Picnic Point on Lake Mendota

Date: 1888
Description: View of Picnic Point stretching out into Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Picnic Point on Lake Mendota

Date: 1888
Description: View of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The peninsula juts into Lake Mendota. The far shoreline can be seen in the distance.
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Bicycles on Mendota Drive

Date: 1898
Description: Louis and Henry Harder and Mr. and Mrs. Schildhauer pose by a tree with their bicycles parked nearby. They were probably resting during a bicycle ride on M...
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Black River Falls Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Black River Falls Public Library. In the large, open room a woman (librarian?) is standing on the left near a librarian's desk. A larg...
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Betsy Flood Victims

Date: 09 10 1965
Description: A New Orleans group hold signs as they rally at Mercy Seat Baptist Church for compensation for lives lost and 25,000 homes ruined during a flood. Reverend ...
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Clough, Wiswall and Stoddard Portrait

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Description: A group portrait of Pearl Clough, Myrtle Stoddard, Fraua Wiswall, Zilla Wiswall, and Roy Stoddard (probably left to right). Three of the women are posed to...
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Cabinet of Skulls

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Description: View of a wood and glass cabinet full of human skulls arranged on shelves. Probably photographed by Charles Van Schaick.
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Hayward Indian School Group

Date: 1897
Description: Group portrait, perhaps consisting of students and faculty at Hayward Indian School. One man in the back row holds a cello.
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Wisconsin Building

Date: 1893
Description: The Wisconsin Building at the Chicago World's Fair (Columbian Exposition).

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