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Loggers Top Loading a Log Bobsled

Date: 1900
Description: Loggers using pulley to top load logs on horse-drawn bob sled.
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Loading Rock from Quarry

Date: 1894
Description: Men loading rock from Saddle Mound quarry onto a St. Paul Railroad flat car.
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Steamboat Golden Era

Date: 1863
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Golden Era, which did service during the Civil War, docked near buildings. It was sold to Michael Purcell of New Orle...
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Denniston House

Date: 1900
Description: Denniston House, P.J. Schnorrenberg, proprietor. View across railroad tracks of the hotel entrance with porch. A man and three women are standing on the po...
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Looking West from Bascom Hall

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of Camp Randall and the neighborhoods west of Bascom Hall including University Heights.
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Engine No. 489

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 489. Five railroad employees stand in front of the locomotive.
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Madison Bicycle Club

Date: 1897
Description: Portrait of a large group of mostly men in touring clothes posed outdoors with bicycles.
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Bridge Construction

Date: 1906
Description: Steel span railroad bridge under construction over Cedar Creek.
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Lumber Crew and Train Tracks

Date: 1915
Description: Logging company's railroad tracks and construction crew in a forest.
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Camp Douglas Looking North

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Description: Exterior view identified as Camp Douglas from the south looking north. Elevated view of a town with a railroad track and an oncoming train in the center ...
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Workers on Railroad Platform

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Description: Exterior view of work men posing sitting on a wagon on the platform at the railroad station.
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View of the Black River

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Description: Outdoor view, in stereograph form, looking up the Black River from Black River Falls. There are logs in the river in the foreground, and a bridge in the ba...
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Wall Slogan in Santiago

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Description: View from intersection towards a blocked off street with political graffiti on the wall of a building in Santiago, Chile. On the left is a a depiction of C...

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