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Chach-scheb-nee-nick-ah (Young Eagle) Winnebago Indian

Date: 1904
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Chach-scheb-nee-nick-ah (Young Eagle) looking off to the right.
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John D. Rockefeller

Date: 1904
Description: Waist-up portrait of John D. Rockefeller.
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Surveying Fire Damage in the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1904
Description: The remains of a second floor corridor in the North Wing of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27-28, 1904. This photograph docum...
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Army Balloon

Date: 1904
Description: The first dirigible purchased by the U.S. Army and its builder, Thomas A. Baldwin.
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Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1904
Description: Formal portrait of Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Stanley Robert McCormick

Date: 1904
Description: Portrait of Stanley Robert McCormick (1874-1947), son of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884).
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Sherman Avenue Bridge

Date: 1904
Description: View across Yahara River towards a group of people on the Sherman Avenue Bridge, with the old malt house in the background.
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Office of Judge Marshall

Date: 1904
Description: Office of Roujet Delisle Marshall, who served as Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice 1895-1918. The judge's office was located in one of the octagon tower room...
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Walter L. Main Circus Personnel

Date: 1904
Description: Personnel of the Walter L. Main show in 1904 and 1905, photographed outside a tent, include clowns, the driver of a four horse chariot, and air performers....
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Deer Hunters' Camp

Date: 1904
Description: Five deer hunters posing at a camp next to deer carcasses hanging up on a log pole.
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Navaho Medicine-Man

Date: 1904
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a Navaho medicine man.
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Three Navaho Men

Date: 1904
Description: Three Navaho men, Tonenili, Tobadzischini, and Nayenezgani.
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Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
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Special Railroad Train

Date: 1904
Description: Special train from Spooner, Wisconsin, to Union Meeting at St. Paul, Minnesota. Group portrait of men posing on and around the locomotive. A young girl is ...
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A Chief of the Desert — Navaho

Date: 1904
Description: The original caption reads: "Picturing not only the individual but a characteristic member of the tribe — disdainful, energetic, self-reliant." A head and ...
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Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 1904
Description: Interior office view showing Frank James Harwood, General Manager of Appleton Woolen Mills. Harwood became general manager in 1882 and served as the compa...
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Property

Date: 1904
Description: Winter scene with lumber workers hauling a large log with horses.
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Thorsen Residence

Date: 1904
Description: Exterior of house at 525 Jefferson Street. The first bathtub in Milwaukee, made of tin, was put into this house. A man in a horse-drawn sled is parked in...
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Electric Car on Hill

Date: 1904
Description: A car climbs up a dirt and gravel road in an industrial area. The Milwaukee-Western Fuel Co. building is in the background, as well as a building with a si...
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P&H 50-Ton Type "AN" Bridge Crane at St. Louis Exposition

Date: 1904
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger 50-ton type "AN" bridge crane with a 10-ton type "A" trolley with standard a block at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in either t...

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