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Mail Train

Date: 04 14 1948
Description: View across railroad tracks of cart loads of mail sacks on the platform, awaiting the arrival of the next train. The four men standing on the left have bee...
Postcard

Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of the bridge near a mill. Caption reads: "Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis."
Photograph

Fountain City

Date: 
Description: View of Fountain City from the opposite bank of a river.
Print

State Normal School

Date: 1878
Description: State Normal School in Whitewater.
Photograph

Trelawny on Shake Rag Street

Date: 1900
Description: A Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the ownership of Robert M. Neal and is now used to serve Corn...
Photograph

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown.
Photograph

Bascom Hall

Date: 1890
Description: Cyanotype view from Bascom Hill of main entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

VVAW in Philadelphia

Date: 1976
Description: Demonstration by members of the Philadelphia chapter of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, one year after the war ended.
Photograph

Medford Public Library

Date: 02 1917
Description: Interior view of the Medford Public Library. Reverse of photograph reads: "Medford Wis, Feb 1917." On the left a flag, and a pine branch swag, adorn the do...
Photograph

Medford Public Library

Date: 02 1917
Description: Interior view of the Medford Public Library. Library funded with a $6,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. On the right a flag, and a pine branch swag, adorn the...
Photograph

Big Show Circus Tent

Date: 1934
Description: A crowd of people stand outside a circus tent. The words "Big Show" are emblazoned over the main entrance.
Print

August Kroll Letterhead

Date: 1888
Description: Letterhead of August Kroll of Leopolis, Wisconsin, dealer in hardware, stoves, and tinware, with an image of the interior of a store and customers being he...
Photograph

Racine Velodrome

Date: 1897
Description: Aerial view drawing of a velodrome with racers on the oval track and stands full of spectators. Signage on the outer wall indicates that it is the Racine A...
Photograph

Grading the Road

Date: 1931
Description: Men using horse-drawn and gasoline powered road equipment work on Highway 80 near Rockbridge. A wooded bluff rises steeply behind a farmhouse. Barns, a sil...
Photograph

Stanley C. Hanks in His Office

Date: 1940
Description: Stanley Hanks gazing at the camera while sitting in his office at 24 West Mifflin Street. There are framed photographs on the wall behind him of businesses...
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Grignon Mansion

Date: 1947
Description: View from hill looking down across fields at the property of Charles Grignon. Grignon Mansion in the background among trees, and beyond is the Fox River. O...

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