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Airplane at Don-Q Inn

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Description: An airplane at the thematically-based Don Q Inn.
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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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Train at Valders

Date: 1912
Description: A single passenger awaits the arrival of a train at the Valders station. The train, which is a mixed local on the Manitowoc line, is being pulled by Minnea...
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Woman with Two Children

Date: 1882
Description: Woman sitting in a chair reading, with one child on a rocking horse and another child in a high chair.
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Alexander Arnold Farm

Date: 1900
Description: View of a brick dwelling, covered in ivy. A pine tree stands on the left, and assorted shrubs scatter the lawn.
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View Down Dirt Road

Date: 1920
Description: View looking down a dirt road to Gratiot.
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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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Hazelwood

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Description: View of Hazelwood, the home of Morgan L. Martin. Morgan Lewis Martin served as county judge of Brown County from 1875 until his death in 1887.
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Wisconsin Centennial First Day Cover

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: The 100th Anniversary of Wisconsin Statehood envelope on the first day it was issued on May 29, 1948. It is addressed to Governor Oscar Rennebohm, State of...
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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Janesville Public Library on South Main Street.
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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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School House

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of a school house, built in 1846. The sign on the building reads: "J. J. Koepsell Hdw. Co. House Furnishing Goods 1029 So 8 Str. Sheboygan, W...
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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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Walker Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view of multiple structures on the R. Moseley Walker homestead.
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Bird's-Eye View of New Richmond

Date: 1912
Description: Bird's-eye view of New Richmond, including a water tower, and commercial and residential buildings.
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Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters Before Restoration

Date: 1919
Description: Fort Winnebago surgeon's quarters before restoration. Plans used in the remodeling of 1834 (furnished by the War department) were employed to determine the...
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Milwaukee Female College

Date: 1852
Description: First building of Milwaukee College planned by Catherine E. Beecher. Front of building with gothic detailing in the architecture.
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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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