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Log Booms on Chequamegon Bay

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view of logs stored in a logging boom on Chequamegon Bay.
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Steamboat "Fashion"

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Description: Steamboat "Fashion" on the water.
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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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Prentice Cottage Detail

Date: 1905
Description: View of a tree stump underneath the Prentice Cottage.
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Corner of Main Street and Tayco Street

Date: 1870
Description: The corner of unpaved Main Street and Tayco Street looking south towards Doty Island. The slanting timbers controlled the primitive draw bridge across the ...
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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble...
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Mount Calvary College

Date: 1893
Description: View down tree-lined road, with Mount Calvary College on a hill in the distance.
Drawing

Fox-Wisconsin Canal

Date: 1855
Description: Fox-Wisconsin portage and canal map, when the canal was not yet built. From a map in the office of the city clerk at Portage. "The old trail, the location ...
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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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Men Reconstructing a Barn

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Description: Two horses, several men and two youth stand in front of a stone wall or foundation. The men could be reconstructing a barn after the flood of 1911.
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Science Hall, Geology Museum

Date: 1910
Description: Cyanotype print of the interior of the Geology Museum in Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. View towards corner of a room with win...
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Science Hall Classroom

Date: 1910
Description: Cyanotype view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Hall classroom.
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Moody's Log Cabins

Date: 1935
Description: View down hill of log cabins on shore of Spider Lake. A dog is laying on a path near two lawn swings, and a man is leaning against a tree stump, gazing at ...
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Devil's Island Lighthouse

Date: 1934
Description: View from water of Devil's Island lighthouse located above sandstone caves and arches in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. Caption reads: "Devil's Isla...
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Fence Post Removal

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

Grand Chute Painting

Date: 1856
Description: " . . . At Grand Chute stood the young settlement of Appleton. Although only a few years old, it already boasted a college, named, as was the village itsel...
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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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Portrait of Mr. Spangenberg

Date: 1910
Description: Informal portrait of “Mr. Spangenberg, RR bridge tender”, sitting in the sun with his dog on his lap, talking and pointing. He is wearing a hat and has a p...
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Two Men Sitting on a Drain Pipe

Date: 1920
Description: Dredging Lakewood Bay to fill the lots for sale in Lakewood. The men are sitting side-by-side on the drainpipe with their bare feet in the water. There is ...
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Punch Table, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. Outing

Date: 08 26 1906
Description: Exterior view of the punch table at a company picnic under trees. A man stands in the foreground looking at the camera while holding a knife, and the woman...

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