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Farmers at Farm Auction

Date: 1954
Description: Group of farmers observe and participate in a farm auction.
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Buying Tickets at Ellis Island

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Description: Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island.
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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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Pioneer Home of Nels Wickstrom

Date: 1891
Description: This is a family photograph of Nels Wickstrom with his wife Anna (born Anna Stoel) and their children in front of their log home. The oldest child, wearing...
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Nutrition Lab

Date: 1931
Description: Two students work in the nutrition lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Ballplayer at Bat

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Description: A Black River Falls baseball player is up to bat.
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Stock Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the monthly Stock Fair. The roof of a building is in the left foreground. Horse-drawn wagons line the street, and there is a large buildin...
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Balloon Ascension

Date: 1908
Description: A balloon about to ascend in Minneapolis. John Schwister, who later built the Minnesota-Badger airplane, is in the front of the gondola, with his back to t...
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Bong on Leave

Date: 1943
Description: Elvated view of war hero Richard Ira Bong (center, in flight jacket) on leave in Poplar, with friends, relatives, and admirers. The group is walking down a...
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Wisconsin Central Train

Date: 1882
Description: Group of men posing in front of the Wisconsin Central Railroad train at a depot. Railroad historian Roy L. Martin, from whose collection this image come...
Postcard

Hoo Hoo Club Hotel

Date: 04 24 1910
Description: The Hoo Hoo Club Hotel, a lumbermen's social organization. Two men are standing near a man driving a sled carrying milk cans pulled by two horses in front ...
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Pettersen's Inc., Delivery Trucks with Workmen

Date: 02 23 1948
Description: Line-up of six Pettersen's Inc., delivery trucks. Sign on trucks: "Rugs, Carpets, Linoleum." There are workmen standing next to trucks. Taken on the 2600 b...
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Pettersen's Inc. Delivery Truck and Workmen

Date: 02 23 1948
Description: Line-up of six Pettersen's Inc. delivery trucks. Sign on trucks: "Rugs, Carpets, Linoleum." Also shows 2 cars and 11 employees. Includes a view of the 2600...
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Medical Inspection of Immigrants

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Description: Medical inspection of immigrants at Ellis Island.
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Andrew Dahl outside a Hospital

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Description: Andrew Dahl standing outside of a hospital.
Painting

Camp Randall, from the N. E.

Date: 1862
Description: Photograph of a watercolor of a view of Camp Randall, from the northeast. Scene set on rolling hills, shows tents, buildings, horses and military members i...
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Mary and Nelson Ross

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Description: Winter scene with Mary and Nelson Ross of Ross' Teal Lake Lodge. They are posing in the snow with skis and snowshoes.
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Thomas B. Jeffery

Date: 1897
Description: Thomas B. Jeffery, founder of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company of Kenosha in 1902. Before that Jeffery produced several experimental automobiles, including th...
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Wisconsin's First Coupe

Date: 1905
Description: Automobile alleged to be the first coupe built in Wisconsin. The vehicle was built by Gus Wilkie of Sheboygan from the body of a carriage and the chassis f...
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and Family in Israel

Date: 02 1949
Description: From left: Cousin, Susanne Hafner Goldfarb, Max Hafner (father), in Raanana, Israel.

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