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Fordson Tractor

Date: 07 27 1927
Description: Right side view of a Fordson tractor, which has extra rims.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park Trees

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Description: Elevated view of the third Wisconsin Capitol as originally constructed. The trees of the Capitol Park are already so large that they largely obscure any vi...
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Waupun Prison Garden

Date: 1870
Description: Waupun Prison garden. Hill top view of garden with arched trellis and vines and men hoeing in garden; prison in background.
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Farmhouses and Churches

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill across field towards farmhouses, dwellings and churches along a road. In the foreground are stumps. Caption reads: "Big Falls, Wis."
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Hill's Department Store Window Display

Date: 10 06 1955
Description: Display of Customagic slip covers on a sofa and chair in a show window of Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street.
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Pvt. Ervin M. Lichte and His Family

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: Pvt, Ervin M. Lichte, 122 North Street, and his family, left to right: Frederick, 4; Helen, 6; Pvt. Lichte; Mrs. Lichte (Irma) holding Judith, 2. Pvt. Lich...
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Street Cleaner and Streetcar

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Description: A street cleaner sweeps the tracks in a residential neighborhood, as the streetcar and its operator and passengers wait. Original Falk caption reads, "Phot...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Speech Clinic

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Six children blowing on pinwheels for breath control in front of their teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Musick, at the summer speech clinic at the Orthopedic Hospit...
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Fox Lake with Hotel

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Description: View along shoreline of the hotel with wrap-around porches on the shore of Fox Lake. There are canoes near a pier, and small outbuildings among trees.
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House on Prospect Avenue

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Description: Exterior stereograph through an archway of a residence on Prospect Avenue.
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Japanese Scene

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Description: Stereograph of a view in Japan including a garden, traditional buildings and mountains in the background.
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Syl and Lucia near Tent

Date: 1900
Description: Syl and Lucia posing near a tent or open-sided awning and a willow tree. Syl is wearing pants while Lucia is wearing overalls. Both are wearing hats. In th...
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Japanese Scene - Anaglyph

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Description: Stereograph of a view in Japan including a garden, traditional buildings and mountains in the background.
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University of Wisconsin Scandinavian Students with Mrs. Brittingham and the Life Magazine Article

Date: 08 17 1953
Description: Seven students from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway and Margaret Brittingham, wife of Thomas Brittingham, Jr. posing for a portrait outdoors. The students are ...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down road of horses, wagons and buggies parked in front of buildings. Three men stand near a hotel on the right. A church building is in the backgroun...
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House on Nebraska Row, Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: View of a house on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a flag pole, bench, path, lawn and trees. On the left are docks from the lake shor...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: Karen Olson (left), and Kaylee Person, former Osseo High School students, sitting on outdoor bleachers at a basketball tournament.
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Henry Charlton escorts babysitter Linda Taylor home after she completed her babysitting job with the Charlton children.
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Army Brothers

Date: 1943
Description: A rickety ladder serves (Sergeant) Technician 4th Grade John Duray (left), and his brother, Staff Sergeant Isador Duray, both of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in the...

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