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International Model 61 1923 Fire Truck

Date: 1923
Description: Firefighters handle a fire hose connected to an International Model 61 1923 fire truck operated by the "Canadian Fire Department."
Postcard

Country Club

Date: 1904
Description: View down drive toward the building which has a wraparound porch on two levels. In front is a man driving a horse-drawn carriage. Caption reads: "Country C...
Postcard

Protestant Home for the Aged

Date: 1911
Description: Four-story extended building. A woman with an umbrella is near the left entrance, and a man is walking across the raised lawn near the center right. Captio...
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Streetcar Terminal

Date: 1900
Description: Streetcars are lined up in front of the buildings on the right. On the left people are walking down the sidewalk. A poster hangs from the front of the trol...
Photograph

Roosevelt Parade

Date: 1912
Description: A group of men are sitting in a car among a crowd of people. Standing on the right are two photographers. Theodore Roosevelt is in the backseat of the car ...
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Men Walking in Parade

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of a group of men marching down the center of the road with two cars decorated with flags following close behind. Both sidewalks are full of ...
Photograph

Tomah Indian School Band

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of the Tomah Indian School Band in uniform, holding their instruments.
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Prairie du Chien City Library

Date: 1918
Description: Postcard of an interior view of the Prairie du Chien City Library, with library board members seated at a table. The card is embossed with a round stamp wi...
Photograph

Men with Walking Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Men are gathered under a tree near several walking plows.
Postcard

Tractor Pulling Three Grain Binders

Date: 1916
Description: Postcard featuring a color illustration of a tractor and three grain binders in a field, operated by several field workers. The original caption on the top...
Print

Cletrac Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of a man using a Cletrac crawler tractor and seeder to work in a field. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "What other 12-horse power trac...
Postcard

Driving Along Mill Pond

Date: 1911
Description: View of an automobile driving down a road bordering a pond on the left. On the right is fencing and a wooden gate and a hill. Caption reads: "Driving Along...
Photograph

"A Votre Sante"

Date: 1930
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men, women and children having a meal outdoors on the ground. They are gathered around a box being used as a table. Cu...
Photograph

Razing of Manchester's Department Store

Date: 06 1985
Description: View from Wisconsin Avenue towards the razing of Manchester's Department Store at 14 E. Mifflin Street. The foundation is exposed. A man wearing a hardhat ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Marker

Date: 09 16 1962
Description: Participants in the dedication ceremony of the Laura Ingalls Wilder historical marker in Pepin, Wilder's birthplace, included, from left to right, Miss Ele...
Photograph

Lawson Air Liner with Crew

Date: 1919
Description: Three men in work uniforms stand next to a Lawson Air Liner, which is parked in a field. A fourth man is seated in the cockpit.
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Bystanders in Front of Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Six people are standing in the foreground, with a Lawson Air Liner behind them. One of the men has his back to the camera, but might be Alfred Lawson. The ...
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Group Portrait Near Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Several people, including Alfred Lawson, posing in front of a Lawson Air Liner. Some of the men are wearing suits, others are wearing work clothes.
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Sunday Dinner at Island Lodge

Date: 08 10 1913
Description: Lucy and W.A. Holt, with their family, the Trowbridge family and others, are sitting on the screened porch at Island Lodge for Sunday dinner. A tablecloth ...
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Last Call at Wittnebel's Tavern

Date: 04 17 1987
Description: Group of people inside the tavern. Standing are, left to right: Fred Kleba, a friend of the family and customer, Lorraine Wittnebel, and Roy Wittnebel on t...

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