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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building. A large advertising sign is on the right side, behind a large smokestack. A smaller sign stating "For Rent O.J. Schenck" has been h... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Four-story building, with vines growing on the exterior. A woman stands near the entrance on the right. Above the doorway a sign says "Dentistry". A car i... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Miller Gardens. A billboard for Miller Gardens and beer is above the first building on the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of library building, with a portion of the dome visible on the roof, from across the street behind a median strip planted with bushes. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Exterior of theatre on corner of Wells and Water Streets. There is a billboard for Kools (cigarettes) on the side. Streetcar tracks and parked cars are in ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Corner of Wells and Water Streets. A large blank billboard is on the side of the theatre. Across the road on the left is a sign for Blatz beer. A car wash ... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 10 16 1965 |
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| Description: | At a sit-down demonstration at Truax Air Force Base, a journalist interviews one of the demonstrators. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Exterior of house at 525 Jefferson Street. The first bathtub in Milwaukee, made of tin, was put into this house. A man in a horse-drawn sled is parked in... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Historic marker placed on the site of the first cabin built in Milwaukee, 1795. A replica cabin is behind. The plaque says: On this site the first permane... |
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| Description: | Three-story brick building with two entrances, windows, and a hip roof. Signs above both entrances says: County Normal. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's Third Capitol building seen from across the road, with a fountain just inside the gate, which has sculptures on top of the columns. The grounds... |
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| Description: | Vine-covered building surrounded by trees. First home of Samuel L. and Helen Larkin Chase, built ca. 1857 on a 2-acre tract on the north shore of Lake Wing... |
| Date: | 05 30 1973 |
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| Description: | Memorial Union in the rain. Lake Mendota is visible on the left. In the foreground is the terrace area with trees and brightly colored chairs and tables. P... |
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| Description: | A woman and three children, all wearing hats, dresses, and shorts, are at the beach, playing in the sand. Two of the children have toy buckets. Behind them... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Miller Brewery taken as part of a project to document the Wisconsin brewing industry. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Effinger Brewery located in Baraboo. Founded about 1870, this brewery was operating as the Stiehl Winery in 1977 when this photograph was taken. A sign on ... |
| Date: | 11 11 1907 |
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| Description: | This view, captioned "Founders Day," shows several people camping in the woods. A tent is visible in the background. |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a Menominee Indian man and two Menominee Indian women. The man is holding a decorated ceremonial pipe in his right hand. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison, looking west. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the upper right of the image. Bascom Hall, the Red Gym, the Wisconsin H... |
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