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Two Women Outside a Log Cabin

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Description: Two women stand outside the doorway of a log house in winter. They are posed with a washtub, broom and dust pan.
Drawing

Madison Capital House

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
Photograph

Aerial View of City

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of downtown area, with the Fox River and neighboring suburbs.
Photograph

Aerial View of Green Bay

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view of Green Bay's commercial district on the Fox River.
Photograph

General Sumner and Staff

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Description: General Edwin Vose Sumner and his staff officers: (from left to right) Capt. A.H. Cushing; Capt. L. Kipp; Major Clark; Lt. Col. Joseph Taylor; Major Genera...
Photograph

2nd Wisconsin Infantry Band

Date: 1861
Description: The brass band of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. In the past, the leader in the picture was identified as Hazard W. Titus, but it is likely that this photogr...
Photograph

Courtyard on 40 Albemarle Street

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Description: A slum courtyard on 40 Albemarle Street, with laundry hanging to dry. There are broken doors and a barrel on the ground.
Photograph

Ike and Smith Children

Date: 1959
Description: President Eisenhower greets the children of reporter Merriman Smith at his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The photograph is undated, but as Christian He...
Document

Frackelton & Co. Letterhead

Date: 09 07 1976
Description: Letter on Frackelton & Co. letterhead regarding a business transaction between Frackelson & Co. and Lawson & Goodnow Manufacturing Co. of New York.
Document

Western Union Telegram to W. Green

Date: 07 12 1934
Description: Telegram received July 13 reads: "WM Green, President of American Federation of Labor = A F OF L BLDG WASHDC = Answer of Kohler Company to latest demands o...
Photograph

Western Union Telegram to W. Green

Date: 07 28 1934
Description: Telegram received July 28 reads: "WM Green = A F L BLD = Two dead, 39 shot in Kohler strike by four to five hundred deputies, troops coming, agreed to by u...

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