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Man with Wings

Date: 1909
Description: An unidentified man demonstrates his unsuccessful bird wing-like mechanism, which was part of an experiment in aviation.
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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street Looking South, Lone Rock, Wis." Unpaved street with sidewalks, dwellings and buildings on both sides. Horse drawn vehicle...
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Wisconsin House

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the front and side of the Wisconsin House.
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Business District

Date: 1909
Description: View down the main dirt road of the business district.
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Free Methodist Church

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Free Methodist church.
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La Farge Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the public school. A large brick building with a bell tower on the roof, arched entrances, and a wooden fence along the side.
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Log Drive at Jim Falls

Date: 1909
Description: Men in bateaux for the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company's log drive on the Chippewa River at Jim Falls.
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Renaissance Faire

Date: 1909
Description: A group of people dressed up in medieval-style clothing.
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Billboard at Bascom Hill

Date: 1909
Description: A billboard displays events at the foot of Bascom Hill from the bottom east side on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall with dome (form...
Postcard

Soo Round House at Abbottsford

Date: 1909
Description: The Soo line roundhouse. Caption reads: "Soo Round House, Abbottsford, Wis."
Photograph

Men Gathered at Water Pump

Date: 1909
Description: Group of men and a boy gathered near a body of water. The men are sitting around a water pump.
Book or Pamphlet

International Auto Buggy

Date: 1909
Description: Catalog cover for the International auto buggy featuring a color illustration of a woman driving one of the vehicles. The IH product name is another exampl...
Photograph

Men Eating Breakfast Outdoors

Date: 1909
Description: Arnold Gesell and friends at breakfast in California during the time they built a rustic cottage called "Casa Verduga." Box of Corn Flakes is visible at ri...
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Man Drives 1909 International Auto Wagon

Date: 1909
Description: A man in a hat drives a 1909 International Auto Wagon loaded with lumber, barrels and a sack near a park or rural area.
Photograph

Butterfield Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view across road towards the Butterfield Hotel.
Photograph

Mill and Store

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view across field of mill and store at Black Hawk. There are feed sacks on the porch of the mill, and a horse is on the far right.
Photograph

W.S. Pierce House

Date: 1909
Description: W.S. Pierce house under the shade of trees.
Postcard

Delavan Lake

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of Delavan Lake, looking toward Highland. Caption reads: "A Veiw[sic] On Delavan Lake Toward Highland".
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Dell Creek Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: View from river of Dell Creek bridge with bluff and birch trees on the left.
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Woman on Footbridge

Date: 1909
Description: Woman standing on footbridge in a forested area in Durwards Glen.

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