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D. Boon Cilled a Bar (Daniel Boone)

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Description: A beech tree with the inscription, "D. Boon cilled a bar. 1760" carved into it. The tree was located up to the 1880s near Boone's Creek, Tennessee.
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Pueblo Indian Day Schools Album Signature

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Description: The signature page of an album of photographs of Pueblo Indian Day Schools: "Very respectfully submitted, Charles E. Burton, Supervising Teacher, Day Schoo...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1889
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger depot with several people standing in front of the building. This is the Franklin Street station on East Wilson Str...
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Chicago & North Western Railroad passenger Station

Date: 1889
Description: Original Chicago & North Western Railroad passenger station, 219 South Blair Street at East Wilson Street, with a few men gathered out front. Torn down in...
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Flour and Feed Store

Date: 1899
Description: The Smith M. Jacobs Flour and Feed Store (left) and residence (right), 301 and 303 Monroe Street. The address renumbered within the next five years to 1701...
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Mears House

Date: 1973
Description: The Mears house, 420 North Carroll Street, built in 1871 for James Mears.
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Madison Fire Department, Keyes Steam Engine

Date: 1901
Description: Keyes steam engine undergoing routine testing in front of Madison's old Central Fire Station, 10 South Webster Street. The water is being drawn from a cist...
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Robert K. Beecham

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Description: Robert K. Beecham studio portrait in front of a painted background, at age 26. In the book "As If It Were Glory," Robert Beecham recounts his Civil War exp...
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Silvercup Rocket Pulled by International R-185 Roadliner

Date: 03 1955
Description: Silvercup Rocket at the 1955 Michigan State Fair. Original caption reads: "An estimated 100,000 visitors thronged through 'Silver Moon' on its initial disp...
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Map of the Birth Place of W. Wright Witmer at Washburn Located on Chequamegon Bay in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1918
Description: Manuscript map of the Chequamegon Bay area on Lake Superior drawn by Warren W. Witmer and illustrated with sketches by Mary L. Wright Witmer in ink and wat...
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Notice of Membership

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Description: A blank notice of election as a member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
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WASAL Council Members

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Description: A group portrait of council members of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Identification of members is written at bottom.
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Letter from William Ingles

Date: 09 13 1763
Description: A letter written by William Ingles to William Preston.
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Page 12 from "A Few Glimpses of Stanley McCormick School"

Date: 02 08 1921
Description: Page from booklet with a photograph at top with caption that reads: "Some youngsters and a big campus snowball." Caption for photograph at bottom reads: "A...

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