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| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards Indian log drivers, two in a bateau, and one man standing on the bank of the Chippewa River. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | The Clyde after being converted to a sternwheel rafter, pushing a tow with a locomotive on board. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of University of Wisconsin-Madison buildings across Lake Mendota from Carroll Street. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red), a boathouse, an... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking north towards Menomonie, the Knapp, Stout and Company lumber mills. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer is standing next to a mower pulled by two oxen in a field next to a lake. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a male grounds keeper operating a horse-drawn mower on the grounds of an estate. A pond with lily pads and a gazebo are in the foreground,... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A male grounds keeper is driving a horse-drawn mower down a path on a park or estate grounds. Another man is leaning against a slender tree. Both men are w... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A man in work clothes is operating a horse-drawn mower in a patch of grass along a waterfront, while another man wearing a hat and tie is looking on. Ships... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha train cars loading onto car ferry Pere Marquette. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a boy sitting and watching Syl and the Millers in a row boat. There are people in another boat as well as a steamboat on the water. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A young Syl fishing with three other adults off a pier using cane poles. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A man steers a horse and carriage down a winding country road near Clarendon Pond. Village dwellings are visible across the pond. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Turvill Wood on the beach with two puppies, who are investigating a dead fish. The lake is in the background. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View over section of Turvill Marsh towards trees. On the far right in the background are what may be railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking west over the open basements of commercial buildings which were destroyed by a recent fire. Main Street is in the foreground. Horse-d... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the navy yard near Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Annie McClure is standing in a boat showing the fish she caught on Archibald Lake. There is a pier on the left, and a tree-lined shore is in the background... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| 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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