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Monthly Market Fair

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of farmer's wagons, teams, and pedestrian traffic crowd Princeton's main street for the monthly market fair. Some snow is on the ground and a...
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Walter Davidson and Motorcycle

Date: 1908
Description: Walter Davidson and the motorcycle with which he won the two day endurance run from Catskill, New York to Brooklyn and Long Island, New York on June 28-29t...
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Camp Randall Field

Date: 1908
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Field on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. University Heights is in the background.
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Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait

Date: 1908
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence from about the time she joined the Mutoscope and Biograph Company in 1908. She looks up to the left...
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Decoration Day at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1908
Description: The west wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol on Decoration Day. The steep slope of the western side of the park delayed the construction of the east ...
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Basketball Team

Date: 1908
Description: Basketball team poses for a group portrait.
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1908
Description: Three boys posing in front of Hillside Home School. The Hillside Home School was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 for his aunts, Jane and Ellen Lloyd...
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Balloon Ascension

Date: 1908
Description: A balloon about to ascend in Minneapolis. John Schwister, who later built the Minnesota-Badger airplane, is in the front of the gondola, with his back to t...
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Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 1908
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Top image on Place File card. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View, Camp Ra...

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Railroad Handcar

Date: 1908
Description: An early gasoline-powered handcar being used on the Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie line for an inspection tour. The employees are (left to right...
Postcard

Union Depot

Date: 1908
Description: Union Depot with clock tower. The railroad station with clock tower is behind a park. Horse-drawn vehicles are near the entrance. Caption reads: "Union Dep...
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Gilmore Residence

Date: 1908
Description: Gilmore-Weiss home, located at 120 Ely Place. The house, also known as the "airplane house, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Boat on River near Alma

Date: 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Scene of Town and Boat Up River, Alma, Wis." View across river towards Alma on the opposite shoreline, and a river boat on the Mississippi ...
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Main Street in Alma

Date: 1908
Description: Main Street in Alma.
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Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View of Main Street. The handwriting on the photograph reads: "Main St. West from Park Hotel Berlin Wis."
Postcard

Congregational Church

Date: 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Congregational Church, Bloomington, Wis." The church was built in 1872.
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Methodist Episcopal Church in Cameron

Date: 1908
Description: View of the Methodist Episcopal church. A ladder is set on the side of the belfry. A house is next to the church on the right.
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Cassville Residential Street

Date: 1908
Description: Snow-covered residential street with houses on each side.
Postcard

Railroad Station in Columbus

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved road towards the railroad station. Caption reads: "R. R. Station, Columbus, Wis."

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