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Capitol Interior (Third) — Turner Seminar in Historical Society Alcove

Date: 1893
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ...
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Middleton Railroad Crossing

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th...
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Women Playing Basketball

Date: 1900
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman women's basketball team in the gymnasium of Ladies Hall (now Chadbourne Hall). A man stands in the center holding ...
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Linear Mounds

Date: 08 1905
Description: A visitor takes in the sight of three linear burial mounds at the Sure-Johnson mound group south of McFarland, Wisconsin.
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Charles McCarthy and Legislative Reference Library Staff

Date: 08 08 1906
Description: Dr. Charles R. McCarthy and staff at the Legislative Reference Library.
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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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Railway Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: People and carriages in front of the depot-hotel Railway Hotel on West Washington Avenue. This was the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Ticket Offi...
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U.S. Navy Ships Company

Date: 03 17 1945
Description: Elevated group portrait of United States Navy, Ships Company.
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University of Wisconsin Athletes Trying on Shoes

Date: 12 1940
Description: University of Wisconsin athletes trying on shoes in the Walk-Over Shoe Store, 8 East Mifflin Street.
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The Conklin Fire

Date: 1915
Description: Fire fighters standing amid smoking timbers aim their hoses to douse the flames.
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Thompson House

Date: 1873
Description: The William Thompson family on the porch roof of their substantial brick bracket style house, with shutters, and with latticework at its foundation. A girl...
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Thompson House

Date: 1873
Description: The William Thompson family on the porch roof of their substantial brick bracket style house with shutters, and with latticework at its foundation. A girl ...
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Railroad Freight Wagons

Date: 1913
Description: View down platform between two railroad trains of men unloading freight onto wagons from a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway freight car at th...
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Colonial Hall / Kehl School Of Dance

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Description: A group of men stand outside Colonial Hall / Kehl School of Dance, 113 East Mifflin Street. Part of an alley can be seen to the right.
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Kingsley House

Date: 1872
Description: Exterior view of the Kingsley house with family in front. It has tall and narrow double-hung windows that are grouped in twos and etched. Carpenter's lace ...
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East Mifflin Street Looking North

Date: 1901
Description: View down East Mifflin Street looking north near Blair Street. Men are working on road construction.
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Train Cars Decorated for University of Wisconsin Clubs

Date: 1896
Description: Young man posing on train tracks in front of two passenger cars decorated with banners for the University of Wisconsin Glee, Banjo, and Mandolin Club.
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Men on the Balcony of Rocky Roost

Date: 09 18 1892
Description: Four men sit on the balcony of Rocky Roost, the vacation home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The men ar...
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Lewis Dahl Driving Automobile

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Description: Lewis Dahl at the wheel of an automobile. Walter and mother second and third from right in back seat. This is the home of Tina Dahl Bertrand. Bertrands on ...
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Dining Hall at DeForest House

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Description: Dining hall, DeForest House (or Park Hotel). Dr. Bertrand, right, his wife Tina, opposite. [Dahl family had "last reunion" about 1912].

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