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Fire Fighters Rescuing Victims

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of fire fighters on the side of a building and standing on the ground lifting people out of a building.
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Fire Fighters on Ladders

Date: 1910
Description: Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building.
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Taliesin

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior of Taliesin designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green.
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Glenn Curtiss Airplane at Atlantic City

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered on the beach at Atlantic City to watch a Curtiss airplane being pushed on an inclined ramp leading to the boardwalk.
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Russian Women Washing Clothes

Date: 1910
Description: Group of women washing clothes by hand on a pier in a river in Russia. The scene may be near Lubertzy.
Postcard

Lover's Lane

Date: 1909
Description: View down Lover's Lane. Caption reads: "Lover's Lane, Appleton, Wis."
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Machine Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of a machine shop, with a wagon in the foreground. A body of water is behind the shop, and railroad tracks curve around to the right. A sign ...
Postcard

Flood Conditions

Date: 03 16 1919
Description: View showing the flood conditions on city streets from the 1919 Flood on the Trempealeau River. Four men are surveying the damage. Caption reads: "Highwate...
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
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Winter Landscape with Taliesin in the Distance

Date: 1911
Description: Winter landscape east of Taliesin. Taliesin, the Wisconsin home of Frank Lloyd Wright, is in the distance. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring G...
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Taliesin from the Northeast

Date: 1911
Description: Landscape looking towards Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the northeast. This view shows, left to right, the exteriors of the living room, t...
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Taliesin from the South

Date: 1911
Description: Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the south. The exterior of the bedroom wing and the living room can be seen in the distance at the right. Th...
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Taliesin from the South

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the bedroom wing and terrace of Taliesin, as viewed from the south. Taliesin was the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. The entrance road is in t...
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Southeast Elevation of Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Southeast elevation of Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, including the covered terrace off the dining room. The photograph was possibly made from t...
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Landscape, Milk Room, Water Tower, and Garage at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Landscape and construction of the milk room, water tower, and garage at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the west. Ladders are propped agains...
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Southeast Elevation of Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Southeast elevation of Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, probably during construction. The view includes the bedroom wing and covered terrace, as w...
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Exterior of Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Workmen at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. One workman is standing next to a woodpile and a second is leaning out of a bedroom window. The view i...
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View from Loggia at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: View from the loggia between the workspace and the living room at Taliesin looking towards the northwest corner of the living room. Taliesin was the home o...
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Exterior Corner of the Living Room at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the eastern corner of the living room at Taliesin, probably during construction, from the terrace off the dining room. Taliesin was the ho...
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Courtyard, Sculpture and Driveway at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: The courtyard at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, looking towards the northeast. The view includes the sculpture "Flower in the Crannied Wall", th...

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