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Train Wreck

Date: 05 24 1912
Description: Wreck of a Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault St. Marie Railroad train on a bridge over the Black River near Withee. The damage is so severe that the cars have ...
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La Salle Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of La Salle Street, looking east. Handwritten above a building in the center is "Library". Horse-drawn vehicles are along the right, and a person is d...
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Beloit College, Memorial Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View towards Beloit College, Memorial Hall, which houses the Logan Museum.
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Railroad Station in Columbus

Date: 1907
Description: Railroad station.
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Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View of the north shore of Delavan Lake with a lighthouse in the background. Also known as "Red Top" and "L.P. Sutter's." Caption reads: North Shore, Delav...
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Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the Inlet Bridge on Delavan Lake. Caption reads: "Inlet Bridge, Delavan Lake".
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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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High and Manual Training School

Date: 1890
Description: View across road towards a group of children standing in front of school buildings. Caption reads: "High and Manual Training School, Omro, Wis."
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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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Pathfinder Car near Bridge

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Description: The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder car driving from a road onto a bridge.
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Kiddie Train at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 1960
Description: Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ...
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Oak Lake Farm

Date: 1925
Description: View from across road of a farmhouse and two outbuildings on an IH demonstration farm at Oak Lake. A dirt road runs past the farm and a cornfield is in the...
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Brule River Park

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Brule River in northern Wisconsin, flowing between a road and landscaped stone wall under a bridge and pedestrian walkway.
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Nebraska Row Summer Homes

Date: 1937
Description: View from lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior.
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Chippewa River

Date: 1937
Description: Chippewa River from bridge near Glidden.
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View of a Small Town

Date: 1914
Description: Street view with frame residences in a small town.
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Railroad Tracks and Water Tank

Date: 1911
Description: A view down railroad tracks toward a water tank. Lake Windigoostigwan is on the left.
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A Rough Spot

Date: 1909
Description: The Gang guiding their canoes through rocks and cascades on the Presque Isle River.
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Boats On the Lake

Date: 1910
Description: A Steam Tender towing a bateau on a lake (probably Basswood Lake).

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