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Beer Drinkers

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Description: A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the...
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Duncan Creek

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline of Duncan Creek, with an old dam and on the oppostie shoreline, the residence of Fred Adler, the owner of a brewery and a store in the ...
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Tearing down Eau Claire House

Date: 1920
Description: Tearing down Eau Claire House to make way for the Y.M.C.A. building. A man is standing on the roof. A sign in the street reads, in part: "Electric Light He...
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Aerial View of Fountain City

Date: 1926
Description: Aerial view of Fountain City.
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Elevated View of Viroqua

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view over rooftops of Viroqua.
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Shake Rag Street

Date: 1935
Description: Shake Rag Street, showing Cornish miner's homes. The street was formerly called Hoard Street in honor of R.C. Hoard who was stationed at Fort Defiance duri...
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Moses Strong Residence

Date: 1910
Description: The home of Moses Strong, a prominent attorney, politician, speculator and land agent who moved to Wisconsin Territory and settled in Mineral Point in 1836...
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Ashton Home, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Ashton home, built in about 1853 or 1854.
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Nashotah House Library

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of Nashotah House library.
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Bascom Hall Fire

Date: 10 10 1916
Description: Elevated view over rooftops from the south of a fire which destroyed the Bascom Hall rotunda.
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Armory and Lake Mendota

Date: 1914
Description: Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on Langdon Street, with YMCA (on the left), and Lake Mendota in the background. University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Glass Bayou — Logan's Division Coming Into Action

Date: 1880
Description: A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg.
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Grand Army of the Republic Members

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Grand Army of the Republic; left to right: L.A. Wilcox, Ansel Gailsburg, Elmer Sorkness (in wheelchair), and B. Re...
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Father #31;— Mother Golden Wedding

Date: 06 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Conrad and Mary Schmitt's (Emma Gillett's parents) Golden Wedding Anniversary.
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Picnicking by the Shore

Date: 1905
Description: Picnicking group of men and women along the shore of the Wisconsin River.
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Home of John William Conklin Family

Date: 1887
Description: Exterior view of house located at 309 North Mills Street, built in 1887 and remodeled in 1905 by architects Claude and Starck for J. William Conklin; it wa...
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North Baldwin Street from Johnson Street

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Description: Looking east down sidewalk running along East Johnson street towards three houses standing in a row on North Baldwin Street in the mid 1920s. On the right ...
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Resort on Geneva Lake

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Description: View across water towards what may be cottages on the shoreline of the lake. There are stone lined paths, and a pier on the far left. A sign near steps rea...

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