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Planting Trout

Date: 04 26 1936
Description: Planting trout in Waupaca County. Left to right on bank: S.A. LaVoilette, Joe Samz, Lloyd Pinkawski, Edwin Kargewski, W.M. Geiger, G. Moder, Billy LaVoilet...
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Walk to Lake from Coole Park Manor

Date: 1915
Description: Boardwalk bridge through the woods leading to Lake Superior from Coole Park Manor.
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Manitowoc and Two Rivers Railway

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Description: Manitowoc and Two Rivers Railway streetcar full of passengers.
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Couple in Circus Wagon

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Description: A man and a woman, in the process of getting dressed for a circus performance, pose informally in the back of a circus wagon.
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East Grand Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: View down East Grand Avenue of the business district with a shoe business at the end of the street and the Hilton Hotel to the left.
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Capitol Park Entrance and Madison City Hall

Date: 1880
Description: View from the Wisconsin Avenue entrance of the Capitol Park to Madison City Hall. The City Hall building has a clock tower on the roof. The stone gateways ...
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Passenger Ferry

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Description: A passenger ferry, possibly on the Arkansas river. Passengers include men, women, and horses.
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One Car, Two Men, Three Deer

Date: 1931
Description: Two hunters with rifles pose in the snow by a car with three deer carcasses.
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Barn on the Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1932
Description: View towards a barn, with a railroad bridge in the foreground.
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Isaac DeForest House

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Description: The Isaac DeForest house, which was owned by Louis Dahl at the time.
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Woodruff Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: Wisconsin Conservation Department fish hatchery near Woodruff.
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Keshena Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: Keshena Indian School, an Indian Government School building.
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Rachel Jastrow

Date: 1915
Description: Rachel S. Jastrow campaigning for women's suffrage from the back of an automobile with a banner reading "Votes for Women."
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Montgomery M. Cothren Residence

Date: 1932
Description: The home of Montgomery M. Cothren, erected in 1855. Cothren served as a delegate to the Territorial Legislature in 1847-1848 and was later elected to the S...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1932
Description: The Methodist Episcopal Church, dedicated in 1871.
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Shake Rag Street

Date: 1935
Description: Shake Rag Street, showing Cornish miner's homes. The street was formerly called Hoard Street in honor of Capt. R.C. Hoard who was stationed at Fort Defianc...
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Moses Strong Residence

Date: 1930
Description: The home of Moses Strong, a prominent attorney, politician, speculator and land agent who moved to Wisconsin Territory and settled in Mineral Point in 1836...
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Road at the River Bottom

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Description: River bottom road in southwestern Wisconsin.
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Pirsch Wagon Company

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the wagon shop of John B. Pirsch of Kenosha whose father, Nicholas Pirsch, had begun building buggies and wagons in 1857. Several men pose...
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Oshkosh State Teachers College

Date: 1925
Description: View from street of the main building of Oshkosh State Teachers College. Today this building is incorporated into the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Snow...

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