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Yost's Road House

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Description: View of men and sleds outside Yost's Road House on the Valdez-Fairbanks Trail. Mountains can be seen in the background. Caption reads: "Yost's Road House, ...
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Mail and Passenger Stage

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Description: View of a horse-drawn sleigh used as a mail and passenger stage between Tanana and Fairbanks. Writing on sleigh reads: "Tanana-Fairbanks Stage" Caption rea...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Sam Carley Blowsnake (HoChunkHaTeKah), wearing a hat and sporting long hair, is sitting next to ...
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Steel Draft Tubes Showing Outlet in Power House

Date: 11 21 1912
Description: Two workmen standing in the outlet of a steel draft tube in the power house, while other men are working above it. Cars are moving along the elevated trest...
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Bicycle Racer

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Description: A man on a track bicycle in the foreground with spectators in the background.
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Family Portrait

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Description: A family portrait on the front porch of their house. There are three females and three males.
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Costume Party

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Description: Group of Caucasian individuals dressed up as African Americans, in blackface and eating watermelon.
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Military Parade

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Description: A small crowd watches as parading soldiers march down the street.
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Eddie Peabody with New Car

Date: 10 1947
Description: Eddie Peabody with his new Lincoln Continental, receiving the title from Lucien S. Hanks, general manager of Kayser Motors, Inc., 1501 Monroe Street. Eddie...
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Group of People at Picnic

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Description: Men and women drinking tea around a picnic table at a park. The women are wearing fancy hats.
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Men Working on Concrete Forms

Date: 1914
Description: A group of workmen posing while working on concrete forms at the Prairie du Sac dam site. Their position high above the water level affords an expansive up...
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Armistice Day Parade

Date: 11 25 1919
Description: Kaiser's funeral wagon for parade and bonfire celebrating Armistice Day.
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Organized Winnebago Indian Show Company

Date: 1885
Description: In this photograph, copied by Van Schaick from another photographer, Wild West show promoter Tom Roddy is standing on the far right, along with his cast of...
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Fritz and Robert Lamp House

Date: 1916
Description: View of the Fritz and Robert Lamp house at 1024 Sherman Avenue that was built in 1897. A young child and a dog are in the front yard.
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Making Irrigation Laterals with 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: A dog sits on a 10-20 tractor beside Paul M. Dazier as he makes irrigation laterals with an orchard cultivator outfitted with an irrigation attachment.
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Lock on The Yahara River

Date: 1939
Description: Several men pass through the locks at the Lake Mendota entrance to the Yahara River.
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Woman with Bicycle

Date: 1896
Description: Woman sitting on a bicycle in front of a stoop with metalwork railing. Another bicycle sits on the porch behind her. She is wearing a hat, and a long skirt...
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Repair Shop

Date: 1930
Description: Two men work in the repair shop of Wertz S. Shaw, an International Harvester dealership.
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Group Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1906
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family, Jim White Bear, his wife Kate, and their children (four girls and a boy). Kate White Bear and the older girls are wea...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking at Highlander

Date: 08 1957
Description: Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Highlander's 25th Anniversary, August-September, inside Highlander Library.

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