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Marine Iron Company

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Description: The Peter Grignon Shipyard next to the Marine Iron Company.
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Hiram H. Herrick

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Hiram H. Herrick of the 36th Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War. He enlisted from Middleton, Wisconsin, and was the father ...
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Wisconsin State Assembly of 1881

Date: 1881
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of men in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Along the bottom a numbered list of names identifies each man.
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McCormick Auto-Mower at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower in front of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company building at the Paris Exposition in France. Several men, a woman...
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McCormick Auto-Mower in Paris

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower at or near the Paris Exposition in France. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gasoline-powered mowing machine. This i...
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McCormick Machines at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick mower, grain binder and other items on display in the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company exhibit at the Paris Exposition in France.
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Shooting a Refrigerator Advertisement

Date: 07 31 1950
Description: A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising.
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Wisconsin Central Freight Cars

Date: 05 05 1897
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc.
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San Xavier Mission Side Altar

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Description: The side altar at the San Xavier Del Bac Mission church, near Tucson.
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Lake Mendota

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Description: Evening view of Capitol from across Lake Mendota.
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Zinc Works

Date: 1900
Description: View looking over the zinc mining operation.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1919
Description: Studio portrait of Professor John R. Commons.
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Ripon College

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of Lane Library at Ripon College, with groups of young people seated on the front steps.
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Milwaukee Homes

Date: 1963
Description: Detail view along front porches of frame residences.
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Hon. William D. Hoard

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of William Dempster Hoard. He is wearing a suit and a striped tie. Hoard's signature is reproduced below the portrait.
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Governor Patrick J. Lucey

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Description: Signed portrait of Governor Patrick J. Lucey, Wisconsin's 38th governor. He is sitting in an elaborate chair behind a desk. In the background hangs the Wis...
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George B. Goodwin

Date: 1860
Description: Quarter-length oval-framed portrait of George B. Goodwin.
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Wedding of Mildred Ormsby and Harrison Green in a Church

Date: 06 16 1897
Description: Overview of the wedding ceremony of Mildred Ormsby (1872-1964) and Harrison S. Green, an attorney, at the St. James Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, on the aft...
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Queen Maryann Kromrey

Date: 12 29 1955
Description: A woman in a formal gown is sitting and smiling, and holding a corsage. A statue of the Virgin Mary is standing on a table next to her. Caption reads: "The...
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United Bavarian Society Winter Festival Concert

Date: 02 10 1957
Description: A man playing a two-necked contraguitar while another man is playing a zither. Caption reads: "A bass guitar and zither were played by Hans Glieber ...

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