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Girls' Gym Class

Date: 1900
Description: Girls playing basketball outdoors at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1901
Description: Cover of a German language advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover's color illustration features a woman with a rake watching a ...
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Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1900
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a Milwaukee grain binder and a young...
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Herbert Hoover

Date: 1920
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States.
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Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway

Date: 1903
Description: Hand-colored postcard depicting Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first cur...
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International D-30 Truck Advertising Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Advertising brochure for International D-30 trucks. Features an illustration of the front of a truck, a paperboy with papers, and the triple diamond logo o...
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Judge Vel Phillips

Date: 1971
Description: Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and...
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King Street with Streetcar

Date: 1904
Description: Looking down King Street with streetcar. A sign that reads, "Base Ball Today" is strung over the street and the Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgroun...
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New London Public Library

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Public Library.
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View of Baraboo

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Baraboo, Wis."
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1923
Description: Aerial view of town with river. The clipping from a newspaper has a description titled: "Seeing Wisconsin From an Airplane".
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Martin Tavern

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Martin Tavern.
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The Village of Bloomington

Date: 1900
Description: Oval-framed view of the village of Bloomington.
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School House

Date: 1910
Description: Log school house, erected about 1860.
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Covered Bridge in Cedarburg

Date: 1940
Description: Drawing of a covered bridge in Cedarburg.
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J.K.P. Porter House

Date: 1920
Description: J.K.P. Porter house.
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Pecatonica River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Pecatonica River, which is curving from left to right, making two hairpin turns among fields and trees. Hills are in the distance.
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Street Scene, Ellison Bay

Date: 1910
Description: Street scene in Ellison Bay. On the far left is a building with a bell tower on the roof. Caption reads: "St. Scene, Ellison Bay, Wis."
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Octagon House

Date: 1950
Description: Octagon house.

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