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Curtiss Aviation School Students

Date: 05 1912
Description: The 1912 class at the Glenn Curtiss Aviation School on North Island, near San Diego. Milwaukee's John Kaminski (in white shirt and tie) is second from the ...
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Waukesha Flying Club

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: The Waukesha Flying Club and their jointly owned Waco 10. The members are (row 1, left to right) Charles Gittner, Joe Rombough, and Roy Winzenreid and (row...
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Flying Family

Date: 1928
Description: Family portrait, probably taken at Alexander Field in Wausau. Included are an unidentified aviator, his wife, his baby, and a Waco 10 aircraft. Goggles, wh...
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Threshing in the 1870s

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Description: Men and women pose in the middle of threshing operations with steam engine, horse-drawn wagon and a wheelbarrow equipped with a homemade basket. A handwrit...
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Dahl Residence

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Description: View of the M.K. Dahl residence with several children and adults standing in front of it along a fence.
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Dahl Residence

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the M.K. Dahl residence. People are posing in the yard. There is a barn in the background on the left.
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Rundell Residence

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view of the home of Samuel Rundell, with a large group of people assembled on the lawn in front of the house.
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Lovell and Laird

Date: 04 04 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin (on the far right) with astronaut James Lovell, a former student at the University of Wisconsin, and his wif...
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Tuberculosis Bus

Date: 1945
Description: State Board of Health mobile tuberculosis x-ray unit. The ability to bring tuberculosis diagnostic technology to all parts of the state greatly aided the v...
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Group with Tractor and Plow

Date: 1913
Description: Group of men and women seated and standing on a Titan tractor with attached plow in large field.
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Alligator Attack

Date: 1903
Description: Humorous posed photograph of a woman in a wagon being attacked by an alligator. The alligator is stuffed and propped against the side of the wagon. The wom...
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Log Jam on Wisconsin River

Date: 1900
Description: Two women and one man in street clothes and wearing hats posing among the logs of a large log jam on the Wisconsin River.
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Community Dinner

Date: 1920
Description: A group of farmers gathered in a rural church for a community dinner.
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Beauty Queen with Cranberries

Date: 1965
Description: An unidentified beauty queen wearing a crown, along with three men, pose with harvested cranberries in a cranberry marsh.
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Ribbon Cutting

Date: 10 25 1984
Description: Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Bong Bridge. Identified officials present include Congressman James Oberstar (Minnesota), Senator Robert Kasten (2nd from l...
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Women at Table

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Description: Five women are sitting at a table set for perhaps a Valentine's Day party. The setting was likely a Home Economics project for the women at the Northern Wi...
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Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Outdoor group portrait of fourteen people who make up the Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare. They are posed front of a building at the Northe...
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Family Gathering

Date: 1939
Description: Group portrait of Sherwin Gillett's extended family. Top row: Gerald Baumeister, son of Sherwin's sister, Helen; Lorin Gillett, son of Sherwin; Rufus Gille...
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Gillett Family Reunion

Date: 1922
Description: Group portrait of the extended Gillett family at a reunion.
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Men Leaving for War

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men from Washington County posed with flags leaving for Camp Grant and Army training for service in the first World War.

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