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Waukesha, Wis.

Date: 1857
Description: Elevated view of Waukesha with two women wearing dresses with a boy in long pants and tam o'shanter hat in foreground against a split-rail fence. Beyond th...
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A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 41. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
Photograph

Frank and Lillian Drew's Cottage on Lake Flora Dell

Date: 1911
Description: View of Frank and Lillian Drew's cottage on Lake Flora Dell. Their daughter, Delia Drew King, is on the steps. "Home Again" is written along the right side...
Photograph

"Pollywoggles"

Date: 1911
Description: Several women and one man wade in Lake Flora Dell. Delia Drew King is second from left, in a white straw hat. A hand-drawn caption beneath the photograph r...
Photograph

"A Mermaid"

Date: 1911
Description: Delia Drew King wades in Lake Flora Dell. There is a hill and shoreline in the background, and a group of people stands near a pier behind Delia. A hand-dr...
Photograph

"Mountaineers"

Date: 1911
Description: A group of men, women, and children pose on a bluff above Lake Flora Dell. In the background are several cottages surrounded by trees near the shoreline of...
Photograph

River and Bridge

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Elevated view of a town with a railroad bridge crossing over a river. Several individuals are visible crossing the bridge. Sign near bridge says: "Willow R...
Photograph

Diamond Grotto

Date: 03 21 1881
Description: Four women gather in the Diamond Grotto, a notable land form in the Wisconsin Dells. There is a rustic bridge in the foreground.
Photograph

Celebration on the Pecatonica River

Date: 05 17
Description: A crowd of people gather on the banks of a river. Behind them, a band plays on a boat in the river.
Photograph

Octagonal House

Date: 1877
Description: This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel...
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Boating Amidst Rock Formations

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Description: Two women and a man boat through a narrow passageway amidst large rock formations. Wooden debris from an unknown cause blocks their passage. This may be Pe...
Photograph

Katherine Quinney

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Description: Katherine (Kate) Quinney, Richard Quinney's great aunt, standing on the shore of Lake Michigan with a ship in the background.
Photograph

Swimming at Delavan Lake

Date: 1920
Description: Swimmers posing for a portrait in Delavan Lake.
Photograph

Alice Holloway's Engagement Trip

Date: 1930
Description: Alice Holloway standing in front of a flowering rose bush along the shore of Lake Michigan during a trip to Milwaukee to celebrate her engagement.
Photograph

Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry

Date: 1968
Description: View of Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry, with a couple standing in the foreground. The woman is wearing a leopard print coat, and seagulls wheel in ...
Photograph

Conversation, Riverside Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two women sitting on a bench in Riverside Park having a conversation. The picture is taken from behind with the shoreline far below the women in the backg...
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Priesgen Barn — Water Pump

Date: 2004
Description: LeRoy Priesgen proves that this old pump still is capable of pumping water.
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Harvesting Cranberries Contained by Booms

Date: 1997
Description: Harvesters wade through cranberries contained by booms in the cranberry marsh as they travel on a conveyor belt into the waiting trucks.
Postcard

Commercial Hotel

Date: 06 28 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand...
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Woman Seated on Stone Wall

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Description: A young woman (possibly one of the O'Dea sisters) sits on the stone wall surrounding the edge of a pond. She is wearing a skirt, blouse, sweater, stockings...

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