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Car Full of Suffragists

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Description: Members of the Political Equality League in an early Ford automobile draped with bunting reading "Votes for Women." In the front seat is Mrs. B.C. Gudden. ...
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Pasta Factory

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Description: Workers posing with racks of fresh pasta drying in the sun in Naples, Italy.
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Fort Shelby/Fort McKay

Date: 1823
Description: British evacuation of their fort at Prairie du Chien after the end of the War of 1812. Fort Shelby, the first fort at Prairie du Chien, was built in 1814 b...
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Baby and Dog Seated in Baby Carriage

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Description: A studio portrait of a baby in a bonnet and a dog seated in a baby carriage with an umbrella in front of a painted backdrop and a prop tree stump.
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University Student Campers

Date: 1885
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students and chaperons during a camping trip at Livesy Springs on the north shore of Lake Mendota. On the left side stands ...
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Grand Army of the Republic, Men at Encampment

Date: 1914
Description: Outdoor view of Union veterans standing near a war memorial in a square downtown.
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Waupun State Prison Band

Date: 1898
Description: String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello...
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Stereograph View of a Man by a Lake

Date: 1870
Description: Man wearing "stove-pipe" hat, standing looking out over a lake.
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Men Relaxing by a Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Unidentified ground-level view of three men laying in the grass relaxing by the shore of a lake.
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Scattered Picnickers

Date: 1885
Description: Scattered figures of a picnic party on a grassy slope.
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View of the Bluffs

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view from the bluffs looking down over a town. A man is standing on the edge of the side of the formation, about halfway up, above treeline, an...
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Porter's Park

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view from footbridge with rustic railings of a small boy wearing a large hat standing at the end of the footbridge. A group of adults and anoth...
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Kayes Park House

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of the large hotel at Kayes Park on the south shore of Geneva Lake. There are two girls standing in the foreground, with well-dressed women in ...
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Bliss Alfalfa Club

Date: 07 15 1913
Description: Group portrait of the Bliss Alfafa Club of Emmet County, showing the President Mr. Grant. The group of men, women and children is standing on an unpaved ro...
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Lime Kilns

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Description: Stereograph of a woman standing outside a structure made from slabs of rock and wooden support beams. Caption reads: "Lime kilns. 'Old La Fever' 3 miles S....
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Me an' Billy

Date: 1899
Description: A toddler wearing an oversized straw hat is sitting on a box on the ground. There is a bottle in the toddler's pocket. There is a goat is standing next to ...
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Looking West

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Several people are standing on a large snow bank on 8th Street, looking north after the big snowstorm of 1881. Signs hanging over the sidewalk attached to ...
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Snow Blockade

Date: 03 07 1881
Description: Two children are standing on top of a large snowbank.

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