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Farm Boys Playing Basketball

Date: 1929
Description: Boys practicing for winter basketball games on the farm of Marcus Johnson.
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Girls on Beach

Date: 
Description: A group of girls in bathing costumes on a beach.
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Denniston House

Date: 1900
Description: The Denniston House hotel, which was erected in 1836 with a view to making it the territorial capitol of Wisconsin, in the event Cassville should be chosen...
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Gays Mills from Above

Date: 1950
Description: View from hill through two trees over a road with a guard fence, overlooking the town laid out along a main thoroughfare. The area is heavily forested, and...
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William Haak Home

Date: 1948
Description: The William Haak home, 501 East Washington Avenue.
Drawing

Lain Residence

Date: 1878
Description: View of the residence of Hon. Isaac Lain.
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Carroll College

Date: 1890
Description: View of Carroll College, with groups of men and women standing outside of the building.
Photograph

Tractor Advertising Illustration

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising illustration showing a farmer using a horse and plow in a field while the image of a tractor and the word "kerosene" is floating above in the s...
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Light Horse Squadron Armory

Date: 1899
Description: Front of armory on Broadway Street, which has a single turret and a sign that reads "Light Horse Squadron Armory." Housed the Light Squadron of the Wiscons...
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Soldiers with Truck and Airplane

Date: 1943
Description: Uniformed soldiers use a ladder to unload objects from a U.S. Army C-47 airplane labeled "Green Goon." An International truck appears in the foreground wi...
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Fort Sumter after Bombardment

Date: 04 15 1861
Description: Fort Sumter after bombardment by the Confederates.
Book or Pamphlet

Standard and Turbocharged Engines for the Scout

Date: 1965
Description: Color illustration of an International Scout 800, a standard Scout engine and an optional turbocharged engine. The Scout 800 truck is shown being driven th...
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Foreign Correspondent Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: The Rivoli Theater in Times Square the night the film "Foreign Correspondent" premiered there. Above the marquee is a large banner covering the front of th...
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Tree

Date: 1979
Description: A cropped view of a tree, looking upward, accentuates the pattern and texture of the bark as the branches extend outward. There is a light dusting of snow ...
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Norman Wiese on Location for "The Emigrants"

Date: 09 1969
Description: Close-up of a man wearing a conductor's hat. A train is in the background. Caption reads: "Norman Wiese, North Freedom, Mid-Century RR Museum. Was also in ...
Manuscript

Letter From Peterson to Michael Price

Date: 06 22 1780
Description: A letter written by (illegible first name) Peterson to Michael Price in the 1700s.

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