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Powwow Group

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William ...
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Deering General Agency Building

Date: 1903
Description: General agency building for the Deering Harvester Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana. J. W. Wischart, B. A. Horton, and G. E. Blieson are standing outside the ...
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High School

Date: 06 01 1907
Description: View of the high school.
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Elevated View of Fairchild

Date: 04 01 1907
Description: Bird's-eye view of Fairchild. There is a windmill on the right.
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View of Fairchild

Date: 04 01 1907
Description: Elevated view of the west end of Fairchild.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room

Date: 1901
Description: Library Reading Room as completed in 1901, showing skylights and ceiling fixtures, library tables and lights, and many University of Wisconsin students at ...
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Spreading Gravel

Date: 1900
Description: Two men spreading gravel from a horse-drawn dump wagon onto a road. The wagon was manufactured by Road Machine Co.
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The Big Store

Date: 06 26 1906
Description: Group of salespeople standing in front of The Big Store.
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Fairchild Grain Elevator

Date: 12 28 1906
Description: Landscape photograph of the Fairchild grain elevator on a winter's day. There are workers steering two horse-drawn carts in the foreground.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Office

Date: 1903
Description: The anteroom outside of Reuben G. Thwaites' Wisconsin Historical Society office.
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Steele's Tavern, Virginia

Date: 1900
Description: Run-down building with a stone chimney in a rural landscape. The photograph is identified as "Steele's Tavern." Cyrus McCormick successfully demonstrated h...
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Studio Portrait of Joe Thunderking Lowe and Family

Date: 1904
Description: Studio portrait of a large Ho-Chunk group posing in front of a painted backdrop, including five men, three women, three girls, and two smaller children. Th...
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Powwow Group from 1908 Homecoming with Dream Drum

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posed standing behind a Dream Drum in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming, ident...
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Logging Camp Dining Room

Date: 1900
Description: Ten men sitting and standing around tables set with dishes and food in the dining room of the Vinette logging camp.
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The Schlitz

Date: 1905
Description: The Schlitz Saloon on the corner of Doty and King Streets. The saloon was owned by Fred C. Harbort from 1900-1907. There is a man in an apron standing at t...
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Jackson County House

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards a large brick house with two entrances. A man is sitting on the steps on the right side. A single tree is growing in the lawn. Ide...
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Coal Miners at Mine Entrance

Date: 1903
Description: View down set of two railroad tracks towards four coal miners posing in front of a mine entrance near a coal car. The caption in the book reads, "Strike-br...
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Two Unidentified Deer Hunters with Four Dead Deer

Date: 1908
Description: Two deer hunters are sitting on a low bench with their rifles and four killed deer. The deer have tags on their ears.

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