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Women in the Motor Corps

Date: 1918
Description: Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service. The corps performed errands and other services for all organizations engaged in war activities, ans...
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1940
Description: Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back...
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Senator Proxmire Greets Constituents

Date: 1970
Description: Senator William Proxmire shakes hands with a young constituent at the Wisconsin State Fair. For many years Proxmire's appearance was an institution at the ...
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Governor Goodland at the Fair

Date: 1944
Description: Looking every bit his age (82), Governor Walter S. Goodland arrives at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Michigan Island Lighthouse

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Description: Michigan Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior.
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Chequamegon Bay Fishermen

Date: 1955
Description: Three fisherman in a boat pulling in a net full of fish on Chequamegon Bay while a man and a boy look on.
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Chequamegon Bay Fishing

Date: 1955
Description: Four men and a boy netting trout from boat on Chequamegon Bay.
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Library opened in 1913 with a gift of $12,500 from Andrew Carnegie. Above the main entrance it reads: "Fr...
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Rural School Group

Date: 1900
Description: Rural school group posed outside the schoolhouse.
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Locomotive Trailing Logs

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Description: Train-load of logs with wood-burning Heisher geared locomotive and train crew.
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House at 1133 Rutledge Street

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Description: View from street of house on Rutledge Street. In the background is Lake Monona. On the left is a hitching post with a chain on the terrace at the curb.
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Mendota State Hospital Baseball Team

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Description: A group portrait, on the lawn in front of a building, of the Mendota State Hospital baseball team in uniform.

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