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Steam Fire Engine with Three Horses

Date: 1900
Description: A steam fire engine of Milwaukee's Fire Company #2 drawn by three white horses racing to a fire. Prior motor driven fire equipment was a greater danger tha...
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Sheridan Road

Date: 11 17 1937
Description: Looking northeast on Sheridan Road (State Highway 42) at Sheridan Road Grade Crossing.
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Emmerling Home

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the Carl E. Emmerling home, located at 207 8th Street.
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Bachman House

Date: 05 15 1928
Description: The Bachman house, built around 1855, on the corner of Merchant and Emerson Streets.
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Waldecker House

Date: 05 15 1928
Description: The Waldecker house, built by Mr. Gruenewalt in about 1853, at the corner of Jackson and Merchant Streets (120 Merchant Street). People are standing just i...
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View from Burlington Railroad Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: View of town on opposite shoreline, and piers in the foreground on the right. Taken from the Burlington Railroad bridge.
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Waldheim Sanatorium

Date: 1910
Description: Waldheim Sanatorium, front view, with a woman sitting on the front porch steps.
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Mill During Flood

Date: 10 13 1911
Description: Elevated view of a mill during a flood, with a man standing on the left between a bridge and the mill. A house is on the side of a tree-covered hill on the...
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Temperance Group at Willard School

Date: 07 17 1909
Description: Field trip to Emma Willard's home near Janesville by the 18th annual convention of the Loyal Temperance League of Wisconsin. The sign on one of the wagons...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1911
Description: View from Lake Mendota of the University of Wisconsin-Madison lower campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse, with the domed Bascom ...
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"It's Your Business" Panel

Date: 12 17 1986
Description: Panel discussion on 'It's Your Business," a program sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The panelists are: (left to right) Richard Lesher of the ch...
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Great Room in Guest House at Forest Lodge

Date: 199
Description: A large two-story wood paneled room with large casement windows and a fireplace that has a painting of a ship at sea hung above it. The well-furnished roo...

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