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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: The airplane invented by Carl S. Bates on the beach at Daytona Beach, Florida. Coverage of this event by a local newspaper noted that the advantages of Bat...
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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: Carl S. Bates, a young inventor from Clear Lake, Iowa, about to race the Buick owned by Louis Strang on the beach at Daytona Beach. Bates originally chall...
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Confluence of the Fox and East River

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view of the conluence of the Fox River and the East River. The Northern Paper Mills are in the foreground and the city is seen to the right.
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Madison Skyline from Lake Monona

Date: 1900
Description: Madison skyline, including the Wisconsin State Capitol, from the south shore of Lake Monona.
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Glenn's Mineral Spring

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph view of Glenn's mineral spring.
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, a vacation home west of Governor's Island, in Lake Mendota. Frank Lloyd Wright served as the architect in the remodeling (in 1901 and 1903) of...
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Milwaukee Yacht Club

Date: 1940
Description: View from hill of the yacht club, with Lake Michigan behind. In the distance is the jetty, and the road along the shoreline is N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. T...
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Camp Near Crane Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: The Gang at their camp near Crane Lake. Fog is hanging over the lake.

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