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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 06 1837
Description: Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ...
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Green Bay City Stadium Field before NFL Championship Game

Date: 12 31 1961
Description: Workmen, shivering in the 6 a.m. predawn cold, remove hay from the field at Green Bay City Stadium (now Lambeau Field) before the NFL championship game bet...
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Apollo 8 Honors

Date: 02 20 1969
Description: Astronaut James A. Lovell accepting a gift of cheese from Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles during a gathering in Lovell's honor. A model of the Apollo ...
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Governor Philip F. La Follette at the State Fair

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette, the younger son of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a crowd in the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fair in ...
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State Fair Park

Date: 1960
Description: The State Fairgrounds where a 200-mile "big car" race took place. The park is one of the five largest outdoor expositions in the country.
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Walworth County Courthouse

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated engraved view of the Walworth County Courthouse. In the foreground a man is riding a horse along the street. Pedestrians are on the groun...
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Middleton High School

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of a high school in Middleton.
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Horlick's Mill and Dam

Date: 1906
Description: View of Horlick's mill and dam, also known as "Ye Old Mill."
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Indian Head Golf Club

Date: 1932
Description: A groundskeeper uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor to care for the golf course at Indian Head Golf Club. A group of people are playing golf in the ba...
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Gaylord Nelson at the Apostle Islands

Date: 1967
Description: Nelson sits in a canoe and looks out over the water around the Apostle Islands.
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Tourist Campground

Date: 1924
Description: View across lawn of automobiles parked beneath trees at a tourist campground. A group of people are standing near a picnic table.
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Story Of Wisconsin Floor Plan

Date: 08 1948
Description: Floor plan of the Wisconsin Historical Society's "Story of Wisconsin" exhibit at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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IH Passenger Bus en route in El Salvador

Date: 1968
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes. The original caption to the photograph reads: "...
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Running for Cover

Date: 1965
Description: Visitors to the Wisconsin State Fair running for shelter at the onset of a sudden rain shower.

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