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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Memorial Chapel in Cambria

Date: 1939
Description: Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 28, 1939. A large group of people are standing on the lawn in front of the chapel.
Photograph

Memorial Chapel in Cambria

Date: 1939
Description: View of Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 8, 1939. A group of people are gathered on the lawn in front of the chapel.
Postcard

Swiss Group

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored studio portrait of women and children in Swiss costume.
Photograph

Women Outdoors with Sod Poultry House

Date: 1925
Description: A woman uses a metal pail to feed a flock of White Wyandotte chickens near what appears to be a sod chicken coop.
Photograph

Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: A view of the ruins of a cyclone, showing a roofless house and an overturned automobile in the yard. Several people are standing in the yard, and two child...
Photograph

Men with Wagon and Beer

Date: 1915
Description: A group of unidentified men standing with a horse and wagon. The wagon is carrying a barrel of beer. The sign on the building in the background is an adver...
Photograph

Camp Pond

Date: 05 1930
Description: Camp Pond in North Africa. A rock in the fire pit in the foreground has "Camp Pond" painted on it. Three tents, three people, two upside down bicycles and ...
Photograph

Algerians Praying

Date: 1927
Description: Algerian Muslims touching their foreheads to the ground in prayer outside of a mosque.
Photograph

Downtown Group

Date: 1913
Description: Two women, a man and a boy standing informally in front of a row of downtown stores in a small town.
Magazine or Periodical

A Stretch Between the Tracks

Date: 06 1892
Description: Frank G. Lenz posed with his bicycle between railroad tracks in the northeastern United States.
Photograph

Ojibwa Roadside Park Picnic

Date: 1932
Description: An early view of the Ojibwa Roadside Park. There are several automobiles in the background, and people sit on benches under the trees.
Photograph

Ojibwa Roadside Park Picnic

Date: 1940
Description: A group of people having a picnic at the Ojibwa Roadside Park. There are several cars and trucks in the background, and a small building. The picnic tables...
Photograph

American Legion Picnic in Ojibwa Roadside Park

Date: 1932
Description: A group of six men and three women are cooking over a smoky campfire at the Ojibwa Roadside Park.
Photograph

Ojibwa Roadside Park

Date: 1940
Description: Several small groups of people are scattered about the roadside park among picnic tables. There are parked automobiles, and a small building.
Photograph

Merry Christmas from Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 12 24 1935
Description: Christmas photographic postcard to C.L. Harrington from: David Wedgwood, Ben King, Marvin F Hartman, Bryan W. Brewer, Joseph L. Young, Bill Fischer, Jim Da...
Photograph

Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a man standing on a rock looking over a frozen Devil's Lake in front of a Balanced Rock. Original caption: "There are some startling rock ...
Photograph

Joe Rumsey's Auto

Date: 07 23 1909
Description: Looking at the camera, Joe Rumsey is sitting in the driver's seat of his sedan. The auto has lights and a horn. Morris Rumsey is at his brother's side. In ...

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