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Peshtigo Fire

Date: 11 25 1871
Description: Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak...
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Prize-Winning Cabbage

Date: 09 28 1895
Description: Five-acre cabbage field of Martin Anderson near Grantsburg, with several frame houses in the background. Mr. Anderson is holding a prize-winning head of ca...
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Tobacco Farming

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Description: Farmers harvesting and loading tobacco on a tobacco rack to take to a shed.
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Men with Plow

Date: 1873
Description: Group portrait of men gathered in a farmyard, posed behind two plows. The plow in front has Argyle, Wisc. from Michalson Implement Company inscribed on the...
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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Titanic Survivors

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Description: Survivors of the Titanic sinking with Congressman William J. Cary and his Secretary, Richard P. Momsen, in front of the United States Capitol.
Painting

Boyhood Home of Hamlin Garland

Date: 1937
Description: Boyhood home of Hamlin Garland.
Painting

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison.
Painting

Sunset from Lake Monona

Date: 1881
Description: Sunset from Lake Monona.
Photograph

La Pointe from Big Bay Road

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Big Bay Road on Madeline Island.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Funeral Procession

Date: 1959
Description: Panoramic view of the funeral procession of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, with Taliesin seen in the center background. Following the farm wagon hearse are ...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses...
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Damaged Car in Schultz Garage

Date: 07 09 1941
Description: Three-quarter rear view from right of a damaged car in Schultz Body Co. garage, 1336 Regent Street. A mechanic is standing in the background.
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Capitol Theatre Under Construction

Date: 03 01 1927
Description: Capitol Theatre, 211 State Street, under construction. American Bridge Co. on beams, and an Esser's City Market delivery truck.
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Home Economics Building

Date: 07 16 1926
Description: University of Wisconsin Home Economics building, 1300 Linden Drive, from the southwest.
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Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 07 1926
Description: Architectural drawing by Arthur Peabody of the Wisconsin General Hospital, 1300 University Avenue. University of Wisconsin.
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 06 30 1926
Description: View across Observatory Drive, looking down towards the Van Hise dormitories: Adams, Tripp, and Carson Gulley Commons. Picnic Point is in the distance on L...
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Home Economics Building

Date: 07 16 1926
Description: Home Economics building, University of Wisconsin, 1300 Linden Drive, from the Southwest.
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Lowell School

Date: 04 1926
Description: Lowell Elementary School, 401 Maple Drive.

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