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"Plowboy" Approaching the Mission Dock

Date: 1904
Description: View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T...
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Monona Bay in Madison

Date: 1904
Description: Monona Bay from the railroad trestle looking southwest, close to where the railroad tracks cross North Shore Drive, (now Brittingham Park), with old houses...
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Trempealeau

Date: 1904
Description: View over water to shore.
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Brower Park

Date: 1904
Description: View across water towards Brower Park near Houghton Point.
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Cañon de Chelly — Navaho

Date: 1904
Description: The original caption reads: "A wonderfully scenic spot is this in northeastern Arizona, in the heart of the Navaho country — one of their strongholds, in f...
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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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Mill and Pond

Date: 1904
Description: A view of the mill and pond landscape of Sleepy Hollow.
Map or Atlas

Map of Verona

Date: 1904
Description: A map of Verona, which is a detail from a map of Dane County, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Spring Log Running

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the Chippewa River in front of the "Big Mill".
Map or Atlas

Map of Lakes and Resorts of Central Wisconsin

Date: 1904
Description: A map that shows the location of the lakes and resorts in northeastern Wisconsin that were reachable by the Chicago and North Western Railway. Shown in the...
Map or Atlas

Business Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1904
Description: A business map of Wisconsin also including the western portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, eastern Iowa and Minnesota, and northern Illinois, showing, r...
Photograph

Aldo Leopold as a Young Man

Date: 1904
Description: Aldo Leopold standing in a boat with a group of young people. He is wearing pants, a shirt and a bow tie. Buildings can be seen on the shoreline in the bac...
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Young Aldo Leopold

Date: 1904
Description: A young Aldo Leopold is posing smiling, wearing a jacket and bow tie while sitting on a pier. He is vacationing in the Cheneaux Islands. A shoreline with b...
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General View of Governor Nelson Dewey's Estate

Date: 1904
Description: Panoramic view of Governor Nelson Dewey's estate. The left image is of an old stone barn with a shed in the rear. The center image is another barn. The rig...
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1904
Description: View across field of farm on the estate, showing a sheep or horse shed on the left and a cow or horse barn on the right. In the background is a bluff.
Map or Atlas

Fond du Lac County Map

Date: 1904
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, roads and railroads, and selected buildings. "1904" inscribed on map in pen. Includes busines...
Map or Atlas

Soil Map, Wisconsin-Minnesota, Superior Sheet

Date: 1904
Description: This 1904 map from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Bureau of Soils shows the soil types in north-central Douglas County, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota. ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison City : Showing Approaches, Streets, Lots, Blocks, Subdivisions, and General Plan

Date: 1904
Description: This map shows numbered wards and plots, labelled streets, and parks in green.
Map or Atlas

Map of La Fayette County, Wisconsin Compiled From Personal Examination of the Public Records

Date: 1904
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, roads, railroads, post offices, and farms. On the top, bottom, and sides of map are advertise...
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The Long, Muddy Road

Date: 1904
Description: View down muddy country road. A farm with farm buildings is beyond a fence on the left.

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