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Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View down unpaved Main Street, with a machine and repair shop on the right and multiple horse-drawn vehicles traveling along the road.
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of buildings and roads. There is a body of water on the left. Tree-covered hills are in the distance.
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Public School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the public school. A bell tower is on the roof. Caption reads: "Public School, Mt. Vernon, Wis."
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County Fair Demonstration

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Description: The Wisconsin Agricultural Extension labeled this photograph: "Typical scene at a Co Fair." It shows a home economics demonstration to a largely female au...
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Marker, Perrot State Park

Date: 1926
Description: A marker commemorating the French fort erected by Rene Godefrey, Sieur de Linctot, which existed on this site between 1731-1736. It is thought that the sit...
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Girl Preparing Hot Lunch

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Description: A young girl is preparing lunch in a pot on a small stove.
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New Glarus Swiss Yodelers

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of Swiss yodelers in costume. The gentleman in the center has a distinctive moustache.
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Horse-Drawn Streetcar

Date: 1917
Description: Mrs. Howie standing beside a horse-drawn streetcar of the Covington Line. The car is manned by a conductor.
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"Madison Girls" on International Harvester Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Four women are sitting on an International Harvester manure spreader. The women are identified as "Madison Girls," most likely employees at International H...
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South Shore Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Three young men and a girl standing at South Shore Farm located on an Apostle Island.
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Group of Young People on Dock

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Description: Group of six young men and women standing on dock of an Apostle Island.
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Quarry on Basswood Island

Date: 1915
Description: Bill Baker standing on top of a wall of the quarry on Basswood Island.
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Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 1910
Description: Grand Avenue at 4th Street looking east. The Alhambra Theatre is on the left. Pedestrians are on the streets and sidewalks, and horse-drawn vehicles are on...
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Montgomery Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: View from shoreline of bridge and stream.
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Elevated View of Lumbertown Street

Date: 1897
Description: Lumbertown Street (Now Highway 47). There are horse-drawn carts and a car. Sailors burned down Lumbertown in 1897. It was later built up as a resort town....
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Hiram Smith Hall

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture Hiram Smith Hall or Dairy Hall. On the left is a large chimney.
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Parade in Factory Yard

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Description: Elevated view of a parade crossing through a factory yard, where the workers are watching. Some are sitting on the roof of the building in the background. ...
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Soldiers on Parade

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Description: A group of soldiers on horseback in a parade. The road is lined with people.
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Onlookers on Roof

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Description: Crowd of people watching a street event from the rooftop and windows of a building.
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Race Cars

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Description: Men with several early twentieth-century race cars are parked along a city street. Numbers are painted on the front of the cars. One man is standing on ste...

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