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Hillside Home School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of Hillside Home School with a bridge in the foreground.
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Milwaukee College

Date: 1910
Description: The central gothic structure was built around 1852 for the Milwaukee Female College and the wings were added at a later time. Later this building was used...
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Fence Post Removal

Date: 1915
Description: A man uses a "handy device for pulling old fence post" (original caption).
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Grounds at Ravenswood Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of the pines on the grounds of Ravenswood. Benches are set along a stone-lined path and an automobile is parked behind the trees on the right...
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French River

Date: 1911
Description: A view from the water of the French River and the tree-lined shorelines. There is a man in a canoe further down the river on the right.
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Burntside Lake Campsite

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang at their camp in a shady spot by Burntside Lake. The canoes are in the water on the left.
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Splitting Wood

Date: 08 1911
Description: The Gang split wood for the cooking fire at their camp by Sturgeon Lake.
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Old Dawson Trail Dam

Date: 1911
Description: An elevated view of the bridge and dam on the Old Dawson Trail at the end of Sturgeon Lake. The dam was built in 1873 by Simon Dawson.
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G. Swenson Store

Date: 1911
Description: View across water towards the Gang standing in front of G. Swenson's Store in Kettle Falls, which is partially on the water. The steamer schedule is handwr...
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Footwear for Troops

Date: 1914
Description: Men and children are standing around a cart which has a large pile of footwear on it for troops on the battlefield.
Postcard

A.D. German Warehouse

Date: 06 08 1992
Description: Text on reverse reads: "The A.D. German Warehouse designed by Frank Lloyd Wright stands proudly in Richland Center, Wisconsin, Wright's birthplace. Frank L...
Postcard

Souvenir Folder of Superior Wis.

Date: 1937
Description: Front cover of a souvenir folder of Superior. Caption on front reads: "Largest Iron Ore and Coal Docks in the World." A ship named "Ashcroft" is depicted l...
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Bicycle Used by Stephen Moulton Babcock

Date: 08 1946
Description: View of a penny-farthing bicycle, propped up indoors. Caption reads: "High wheel bicycle used by Dr. S. M. Babcock. H11560 Donor: S. M. Babcock estate."

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