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Drive at the Narrows

Date: 1905
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is standing in a roadway through "the narrows." In the background is a steep ridge. Also in the background are stacks of wood ...
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Memorial Day March

Date: 1920
Description: Small group of elderly men, two of them bearing, respectively, a U.S. Flag, and a banner, perhaps a company roster. This may be a group of Civil War vetera...
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Sample Pine Log

Date: 1908
Description: Cut sample pine log mounted as an exhibit in Irvine Park.
Postcard

Color Postcard Depicting Rock River

Date: 1908
Description: Color postcard showing a landscape along River Park.
Photograph

German Bee Skep Apiary

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Description: Apiary of more than forty bee skeps stacked in rows in an open-fronted roofed structure. Caption reads: "Bienenstand der Firma HEINR. THIE, Wolfenbuttel."
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Picnic at Interstate Park

Date: 1936
Description: Picnic area at Interstate Park showing parked automobiles and visitors.
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Greetings from "Roll-Inn" at the Dells

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Description: A collection of images from Nettland's Roll Inn and other sites around the Dells including: the Narrows, Stand Rock, Lone Rock, and the beach at Lake Delto...
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Lounging in Rattlesnake Hollow

Date: 1895
Description: Young man sitting on a large rock called the “Devil's Chair” in Rattlesnake Hollow.
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Copy Photograph; Exterior View; Unidentified Residence

Date: 
Description: Copy photograph of an exterior view of a wooden house with a European American man and European American woman posing sitting in the yard.
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Oderbolz Brewery

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the original Oderbolz Brewery, southeast corner of Fourth Street and Pierce Street. Later Rock Spring Cold Storage.
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Scene from McGillivray Fire

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory. Horse-drawn vehicles and onlookers are on the road in the foreground.
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Beginning of the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of Black River Falls at the beginning of the flood of 1911. Note the roof of the powerhouse in the water, and the Spaulding wagon shop on the...
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Obey at Riverview Terrace

Date: 11 08 2003
Description: Congressman David Obey outdoors at Riverview Terrace for the dedication of the Obey Room. He is standing with his close friend Martin Hanson. A lawn and tr...
Postcard

Turck-Schottler House at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Color photographic postcard of the Turck-Schottler house at Old World Wisconsin near Eagle. It is an 1875 German blockbau building tradition that is listed...
Photograph

Brown Block

Date: 
Description: View across Capital lawn towards the corner building at 100 S. Pinckney, on the Brown or Bruen Block. The stores, from the left, are Sullivan & Heim, Blasi...
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At the Launching

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: A family group poses on the occasion of the launching of the yacht "Mystery" at Geneva Lake. They are, from left, Alma Schmidt Petersen; Alfred Fridolin Ma...
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Chippewa Family in Canoe

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards an Ojibwe couple paddling a birch bark canoe with their five children seated in the center. The family is dressed in western styl...
Postcard

Fisherman's Wharf; Gills Rock

Date: 1983
Description: Color view of the marina at Gills Rock. Several privately-owned boats are docked. A wooden pier is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Fisherman's Wharf; Gi...
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Half Way Camp

Date: 1914
Description: Several members of The Gang resting outside the log cabins at Half Way Camp on Tom Lake, north of Chicago Bay. There is a carriage on the right.
Postcard

Holy Hill — Kettle Moraine Countryside

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Description: Fall view of Holy Hill on a hilltop, and a dairy farm in the foreground. Caption reads: "Kettle Moraine Countryside, Holy Hill."

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