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Final Wreck of the Vin Fiz?

Date: 06 12 1913
Description: The second fatal wreck involving the Wright Model B airplane in which Calbreith Perry Rodgers had died a year earlier. This crash killed Andy Drew, friend ...
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Keenan House

Date: 1940
Description: The Keenan House at 28 East Gilman Street, which was the residence of Dr. George Keenan, Chauncey Williams, and Col. J.H. Knight, and today a Madison landm...
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Owen Railroad Depot

Date: 1919
Description: The office of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. Left to right: Bert Spaulding, an Owen business man; mail clerk Frank Dick; L.H. Lu...
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Philip F. La Follette at the Microphone

Date: 1938
Description: Philip F. La Follette speaking to a radio audience during his unsuccessful gubernatorial reelection bid during the summer of 1938. La Follette, the son of...
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: View of the octagon house. The caption below the photograph reads: "This house, built in 1849, is on Jefferson county trunk M, near Fort Atkinson. Its oute...
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Kenosha Harbor

Date: 1940
Description: A view across Kenosha harbor at the large Simmons Company factory building.
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Oldest Standing Brewery

Date: 1935
Description: The second brewery to be built in Wisconsin and the oldest still standing (at the time the photograph was taken).
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Burial Mound at Merrill Springs

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Description: A group of men pose atop a conical burial mound on the south shore of Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin. (Also known as Merrill's Spring).
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Woolen Mills

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a woolen mill with an advertisement sign for Patton's Sun Proof-Paints in the front.
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St. Mary's Church

Date: 1884
Description: A distant view of St. Mary's Church. Looking north from the corner of Main and Franklin Streets.
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SHSW Visitors Gallery

Date: 1901
Description: Visitors Gallery and art book collection on the third floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society Building. This image appears on page 91 of the Historical ...
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Lincoln Commemorative Tablet

Date: 1942
Description: Monument located on 13th Street. Large rough stone with a metal plaque set into it. The plaque marks the spot near where Lincoln made an address in 1859.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin's Third Capitol building. A path in front of the building can be seen through the trees that surround the grounds.
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Two-Story Garage

Date: 1919
Description: Wood and shingle two car garage of E.M. Willoughby. A car can be seen through the open door.
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Forest and Railroad Tracks

Date: 11 11 1907
Description: View down railroad tracks at the edge of a forest. The caption reads "mile post 270".
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The East Wood

Date: 1890
Description: Site of the Battle of Antietam. The East Wood.
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Umbrella Rock

Date: 1905
Description: A small boy holding binoculars is sitting on the edge of Umbrella Rock, with a river far below. Below him is a plaque commemorating the Battle of Wauhatchi...
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Map of the Fox-Wisconsin Rivers

Date: 1887
Description: Map of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers to accompany Reuben Gold Thwaites' Historic Waterways.
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Children Posed with Produce

Date: 1910
Description: Two children posed on porch steps with assorted garden produce. Probably from the International Harvester Co. Educational Extension Project.
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Beehives Destroyed by Bear

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Description: View of an apiary that has been destroyed by a bear. Trees and stumps in background. Writing on back reads: "What a bear did to Outcelt's yard."

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