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Fourth Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the third Wisconsin State Capitol built in Madison in 1906-1917.
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Deering Works Baseball Team

Date: 1910
Description: Team group portrait of the International Harvester Deering Works baseball team.
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Atlantic-Crossing Airplanes

Date: 05 15 1919
Description: Navy seaplanes NC-1 and (in the foreground) NC-3 at Trepassay Bay, the jumping off point for the first attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Not in the...
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Cows on Observatory Hill

Date: 1900
Description: Fenced-in, the cattle find a grassy pasture of Observatory Hill below Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Field Work

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working with walking cultivators(?) in a field.
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International Model F City Dray

Date: 09 1917
Description: A man is posing standing and holding the steering wheel, and a boy is sitting in the passenger seat of an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by F...
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Sherman Avenue Bridge and Terrace Apartments

Date: 1954
Description: View of the Sherman Avenue Bridge and its surrounding area. There are several automobiles driving on the road, with the bridge in the foreground and the ap...
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Painters in Library Reading Room

Date: 1923
Description: Men in work clothes stand on scaffolding in the library reading room of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Desks below are covered with drop cloths. The rea...
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Man Parked in Motor Truck for Breweries

Date: 1913
Description: Man in the driver's seat of an International Model M truck hauling crates of beer labeled "Grand Rapids Brewing Company" and "Petersen Brewing Company." Th...
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Woman in Cellar

Date: 1921
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing in a cellar while taking potatoes out of a basket for storage on a shelf. Shelves on the wall behind her hold multiple...
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Canvas Machine at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers at a canvas machine at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Register of Deeds Certificate for Green Bay Football Club

Date: 09 14 1922
Description: Document certifying that articles of incorporation for Green Bay Football Club were received by the Register of Deeds and filed with the Department of Stat...
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Certificate of Newly Elected Officers for Green Bay Football Club

Date: 09 18 1922
Description: Certificate naming the officers of the Green Bay Football Club: President, E.L. Lambeau (Earl "Curly" Lambeau); Vice President, Joseph M. Ordens; Treasurer...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Last Covered Bridge Historic Marker

Date: 05 23 1965
Description: One of the last covered bridges in Wisconsin, located in Cedarburg, received an official state historical marker. The Last Covered Bridge historical marker...
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Certificate of Newly Elected Officers of the Till Institute

Date: 10 14 1919
Description: Certificate of newly elected officers of the Till Institute, a patent medicine company in Town of Almeda, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. John Till served as Presi...

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