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Klumb Barn Raising

Date: 1899
Description: A large group of men pose on the wooden framework of a barn they're building on Holy Hill Road, which has a stone foundation. On the far right three women ...
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After the Fire

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of two barefoot children who are near a charred wooden sidewalk, lower left, that marks the course of Nebraska (now West Montello) Street tow...
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President McKinley at West Superior

Date: 1899
Description: Stereograph of President McKinley speaking to a large crowd from a stage decorated with bunting. In the background are buildings and train cars. Caption re...
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Rowing on Lake Archibald

Date: 1899
Description: A foursome is boating on Archibald Lake. William Leonard Burnap, standing up in the boat, is wringing water out of something with his hands. The man sittin...
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William Leonard Burnap Carrying Wood

Date: 1899
Description: Standing on the steps of Island Lodge, William Leonard Burnap is carrying newly split wood. Jeannette Holt is standing inside the screened-in porch on the ...
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Wallace Rumsey Building a Seat

Date: 1899
Description: Wallace Rumsey is building a wooden seat from a fallen log at Lookout Point on the Island at Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "Building the seat on the point...
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Manitowoc Aluminum Novelty Company

Date: 1899
Description: View across Franklin Street of the Manitowoc Aluminum Novelty Company on the southwest corner of S. 15th and Franklin Streets. This very first picture of t...
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Sitting under the Canopy in Oconto

Date: 1899
Description: Shaded by a striped canopy, three women are sitting together and smiling in the Holt family backyard. Wearing aprons, the woman on the left and the woman w...
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Bicycle Team at Camp Randall

Date: 1899
Description: Three men posing with their bicycles along a picket fence. Caption reads: "On Camp Randall, 1899. Bicycle Team." The name "Sumner" is written in the lower ...
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Levi Alden

Date: 1899
Description: Carte-de-visite profile portrait of Levi Alden, founder of the Janesville Gazette and later an editor of the Madison State Journal. He was a ...
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Chief Sharp Nose and Captain William C. Brown

Date: 1899
Description: Two men smiling and shake hands outdoors. The man on the right is wearing a military uniform, and the man on the left is holding a rifle. There is a buildi...

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