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Niagara Falls from Canada Side

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of "Two different views of the Falls from Canada side," from the series "Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge" as mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Cata...
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One View of Village of Mount Vernon

Date: 1876
Description: "One view of the village of Mount Vernon, Wis." a stereograph listed in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views."
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Extended Family of Aslak Olsen Lie

Date: 08 29 1876
Description: The extended family of Aslak Olsen Lie posing before the home he built in 1849 with his brother Ole after immigrating in 1848. The house is a combination o...
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Allen E. Adsit Overlooking his Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Allen E. Adsit is standing on a grassy hillside in the foreground. In the distance is the Allen E. Adsit farm which includes a three-story frame house wit...
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Immanuel Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 1877
Description: This group portrait was taken in the yard in front of the Immanuel Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church parsonage, and is part of a series taken during th...
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LFD-405 Truck-Van, Closed Top with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1949
Description: View of an International LFD-405 Truck-Van, closed top with semi-trailer. The model year is 1950.
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E. Thorsen Farm

Date: 1874
Description: The E. Thorsen farm in Springdale.
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University of Wisconsin Students

Date: 1869
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin students, perhaps a graduating class, on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall).
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Lake City Cornet Band

Date: 05 17 1870
Description: A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ...
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Group in front of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1875
Description: Small group in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol viewed from East Washington Avenue. Some telegraph wires are strung across foreground. The card is fro...
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Men Amid Tobacco Plants

Date: 1873
Description: Two men are posed amid tobacco plants. Behind the men are a windmill and barn. In the center background a woman and a child stand near tall stacks of hay. ...
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RBA-140 Milk Delivery Truck

Date: 1953
Description: View of a milkman using an International RBA-140 Milk Delivery Truck to complete his route.
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Young Andreas Larsen Dahl

Date: 1860
Description: Studio portrait of the young Andreas Larsen Dahl taken in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, before he immigrated to the United States in 1869. Dahl was born ...
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Andrew and Gjertrud Dahl's Twenty-fifth Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1903
Description: Andrew Dahl and Gjertrud Dahl's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebration, which was robably held at the parsonage at Mt. Morris. The group includes the...
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Rock Quarry near Argyle

Date: 1876
Description: Probably one of the "Three different views of the village of Argyle, Wis." mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Eleven men and boys ...
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Campers at McBride's Point

Date: 1873
Description: A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pins, "kegels"), a horn (l...
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Man Working with Metal at Workbench

Date: 01 18 1921
Description: A man wearing overalls shaping a piece of metal at a workbench. A variety of hand tools are on the bench and the wall. The man is likely working at Interna...
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Men Moving Large Parts

Date: 08 08 1918
Description: Two men use a crane to move large parts inside an International Harvester manufacturing plant. The factory is likely International Harvester's Osborne Work...
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1924
Description: Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright seated on a drafting table possibly in his office at Taliesin. Wright is holding a cane and is in front of a large model of...
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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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