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University Heights

Date: 1898
Description: University Heights from the Chemistry Building on University Avenue. View includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison football field, on the former site o...
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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.
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100 Block East Gilman Street

Date: 08 02 1889
Description: View looking east down 100 block of East Gilman Street, from the intersection of East Gilman and North Pinckney Streets. The Mears House, 116 East Gilman, ...
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Pupils Studying Corn

Date: 1913
Description: A group of children studying ears of corn outside small wooden shacks or corn cribs.
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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...
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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...
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S.W. Truesdell Home

Date: 1920
Description: The home of photographer S.W. Truesdell. A man is standing in the snow in front of the fence near a horse and sleigh.
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Jenifer Street House

Date: 1949
Description: 748 Jenifer Street, also known as the Vogel cottage.
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Fairway Tractor and Water Pump

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor hooked up to a water pump(?) near a creek at Indian Head Golf Club.
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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.
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Looking West from Power Plant

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated wiew looking west, probably from the chimney of the University of Wisconsin Power Plant. Camp Randall Stadium is in the lower left corner.
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The Wirth House

Date: 1948
Description: The Wirth house, later the residence of Police Chief William H. McCormick, located at 2817 Milwaukee Street. The newer addition was built circa 1882, the o...
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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...
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Mogul 25 H.P. Tractor Pulling Three McCormick Grain Binders

Date: 1912
Description: Mogul 25 h.p. tractor pulling three McCormick grain binders.
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Mogul 25 H.P. Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: Man pulling a plow, harrow and planters with a Mogul 25 h.p. tractor.
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Man Seated on Horse-Drawn Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: African-American man seated on a P&O planter pulled by four work horses or mules in large field.
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Group Gathered at Farming Exhibition

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of group of people gathered in outdoor pavilion for an exhibition or fair. Truck in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Kansas State Agric...
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Group Gathered for Lantern Slide Show

Date: 1917
Description: Group gathered on benches in the late evening for a night time lecture, lantern slide show or film showing by International Harvester's Agricultural Extens...
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Stopping Gullies in Pasture Land

Date: 10 1929
Description: A man standing on a horse-drawn wagon is using a pitchfork to move hay into a field gully blocked with wood. Another man is standing behind the wagon.
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Laundry Line

Date: 1920
Description: Clothing hanging on a clothesline strung between a farmhouse and two small farm buildings. Corn and other crops are planted around the farmhouse.

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