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Pulling Stumps to Clear Land

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Description: Pulling tree stumps in northern Wisconsin. A group of curious onlookers watches as workers load large stumps. A sign in the background reads: "Conrath Home...
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Turtle Effigy Mound

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Description: A turtle effigy mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, outlined by melting snow.
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The Annie Girdon

Date: 1870
Description: Sidewheel rafter, Annie Girdon. The crew is on deck and a raft of logs is in the foreground. Sign on wheel reads Annie Girdon, lightning pack...
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Belle of La Crosse at a Landing on the Upper Mississippi River

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Description: The sidewheel packet, Belle of La Crosse, at a landing on the Upper Mississippi River. The sidewheel was built in 1868 and burned while in winter qu...
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Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck.
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Squash Harvest

Date: 1920
Description: A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County.
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Cattle Pens at Lodi Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of cattle yards near the railroad tracks. A farm and farm buildings can be seen in the background.
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Land Clearing Train

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Description: View across field towards the Land Clearing Special Train, a program sponsored by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Depa...
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River View of Alma

Date: 1930
Description: View of Alma from across the Mississippi River.
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Black Hawk Church

Date: 1920
Description: Black Hawk Church, exterior of building, which was a German Evangelical Church. (It was also known as Bethlehem Church).
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Tank Cottage "Kellogg Public Library"

Date: 1930
Description: Close-up view of the cottage when it was a library. A sign is partly visible on the building stating: "Kellogg Public Library, Union Park Branch." Used as ...
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Holy Hill

Date: 1922
Description: View of a man standing at a fence and looking out over the land below Holy Hill.
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Shrine

Date: 1922
Description: View of a shrine on Holy Hill.
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Taliesin

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and studio as it appeared early 1912 before the hexagonal clerestory window was added adjacent to...
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Carnation Company

Date: 1920
Description: The Carnation Company condensery. Sign along front of building reads: "Carnation Milk Products Co."
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Nicolet Monument

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Nicolet monument at the site where Nicolet is supposed to have landed in Wisconsin.
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Dam and Power Station

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of dam and power station on a river. Two automobiles are parked in a lot in the lower left corner. Bluffs are in the distance.
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Wisconsin River Toll Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of old toll bridge across the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac. The view is looking north toward Sauk County.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Economics Department Class

Date: 1911
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Economics Department Class. The women are using chemistry equipment and microscopes. On the blackboard is a formula fo...
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Aerial View of Monroe

Date: 1939
Description: Aerial view of commercial section of Monroe, WI. Green County Courthouse is pictured in the middle of the town square.

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