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Norwegian Family with Possessions

Date: 1870
Description: Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Land Sales Pamphlet

Date: 1880
Description: Cover of a pamphlet, printed in German, advertising land for sale in Wisconsin.
Photograph

Richard Lloyd Jones

Date: 08 1916
Description: Richard Lloyd Jones, editor and publisher (1911-1919) of the Wisconsin State Journal, at his desk.
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Homer Bigart

Date: 
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times".
Photograph

Machine shop

Date: 1910
Description: Machine shop classroom, likely at Stout Institute.
Painting

George Washington

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Description: Full-length portrait engraving of George Washington seated with books and saber, from a painting by Chappel.
Book or Pamphlet

Aviation Poem

Date: 10 1910
Description: The cover of John T. Trowbridge's poetry book, "Darius Green and his Flying Machine," illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith and published by Houghton Mifflin Co...
Photograph

Abraham Lincoln and Union Commanders

Date: 1884
Description: This composite portrait of David G. Farragut, William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, George G. Meade, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Hooker, Phil...
Photograph

Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
Photograph

Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1760

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Dent and Waters' Mississippi Battery, painted in 1885. It was painted by Eugen Bracht's Be...
Photograph

Moscow Laseselskab Fremad

Date: 10 09 1875
Description: Portrait of Moscow Laseselskab Fremad (Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group.
Photograph

Aerial View of Isthmus from the West

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of isthmus looking east toward Lake Mendota and the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Lake Monona and the horizon in the background.
Photograph

Commander Attilio Gatti in Africa

Date: 1939
Description: Commander Attilio Gatti poses in front of a Congolese village during his tenth expedition to Africa. The expedition was sponsored by International Harveste...
Photograph

Cocktail Hour in the Congo

Date: 1939
Description: Commander and Mrs. Attilio Gatti have cocktails during the Commander's tenth African expedition. The expedition was sponsored by International Harvester. T...
Photograph

Africans Ride in Gatti Truck

Date: 1939
Description: Native Africans ride in the back of an International truck during Commander Atillio Gatti's tenth African expedition. The Expedition was sponsored by Inter...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Memorial Hall

Date: 1962
Description: The G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall, on the top floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Memorial Hall

Date: 1962
Description: The G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall, on the top floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Aerial View of Middleton

Date: 11 1928
Description: Aerial view of Middleton including businesses, residences, the railroad tracks, and the surrounding countryside.
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Second Point, Lake Mendota

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Description: An aerial view of second point on Lake Mendota.
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Aerial View of Picnic Point

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Description: An aerial view of Picnic Point.

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