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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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St. Paul Flax Twine Mill Building

Date: 1910
Description: St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill. The factory was owned and operated by the International Flax Twine Company (originally Minnie Harvester Company), a subsidiar...
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Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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Woman on Motor Scooter

Date: 1958
Description: A motor scooter in an advertisement with female model sitting on a Cushman Road King motor scooter.
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Going to Market

Date: 03 18 1912
Description: Group portrait of five Jamaican women on the road to market carrying baskets of goods on their heads.
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Family Farmers Market

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Cousins set up a road-side stand to sell fruits and vegetables grown by their grandfather.
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Waukesha Flyers

Date: 1932
Description: Fritz Warden (at the propeller) and Lee Barney, two young members of the Waukesha Flying Club, together with Barney's Aeronica C2 airplane. The Aeronica w...
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Linden Drive

Date: 1922
Description: View of tree-lined Linden Drive includes parked motorcycles and automobiles on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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University Campus

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with Camp Randall in the lower right corner and Lake Mendota, looking northeast to Maple Bluff.
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First Doncaster Farmall Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: First Farmall M tractor manufactured at International Harvester's Doncaster Works (factory) in England, Great Britain. The tractor is loaded on the bed of ...
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Railroad Tracks Flooding

Date: 04 21 1965
Description: View down flooded railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad by the Mississippi River. There are houses on the left, and in the backgroun...
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Park Street Streetcar Tracks

Date: 1906
Description: Newly-constructed streetcar tracks on Park Street, looking south from State Street. The eastern edge of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus can be s...
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Alma on Mississippi River

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of the city and the Mississippi River from the bluffs above the city. Photograph was taken after 1902 when the Buffalo County Training School...
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Leech Lake Agency Medical Care

Date: 1901
Description: Dr. Stephenson, Leech Lake Agency physician, and assistants prepare a small pox patient for removal to the hospital.
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Baraboo Street

Date: 1918
Description: View looking down a street in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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Dodge County Historical Museum

Date: 1954
Description: Dodge County Historical Museum, exterior view. This was the old Milwaukee railroad depot before it was remodeled for the Society's use.
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Webb House in British Hollow

Date: 1930
Description: Webb house with family standing on back porch. House built by John Webb, an early immigrant and Cornish miner.
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Glen and Star's Mill

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards two men standing facing each other just outside the front entrance to Glen and Star's Mill, near a brewery. There is snow on the g...
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De Pere Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the bridge over the Fox river, and the Nicolet Paper Company on the far shoreline.
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Riverside Town

Date: 1902
Description: River with distant hills behind a town. An island is in the foreground.

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