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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Wilbur Wright, in the bowler hat, preparing the Flyer for the conclusion of the test required to win a U.S. Army contract. The 1908 demonstration had been ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a University of Wisconsin-sponsored parade rolling down Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square. One of the banners appears to be about socia... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of horse-drawn traffic in downtown Shattuck. Businesses on the left side of the street include the "White House," a saloon, and the Davis Drug company... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Glenn Martin, who would become one of the great names in the airplane construction industry, in a Curtiss Pusher during the early days of his career in Cal... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Advertising card from an exhibition of the Herring-Curtiss "Golden Flyer" in which Glenn Curtiss had won the first Gordon Bennett trophy at Rheims. The exh... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The repair shop of the Madison Traction Company on Fair Oaks Avenue, with five streetcars and a team of horses in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of horses and carriages parked on Black Earth's main thoroughfare. Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of six men standing in the street. Behind them are storefronts in downtown Black Earth. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The main entrance to the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds at 81st Street and Greenfield Avenue, with special gates for pedestrians and teams. A trolley stop was... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Farm wagon display area at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View from the University of Wisconsin service building smokestack of south Madison, including Mills Street, Mound Street, and the Greenbush. Lake Monona is... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of City Hall. Above the image is the title. location, and "Die Stadthalle." On the bottom of the image is written "This is not so attractive... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View from Bascom Hill of the Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Observatory Drive along Lake Mendota is in the background. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over University Avenue towards the northeast of Bascom Hall and Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Chemistry Bui... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Bas-relief sculpture honoring August Robert Meyer, a civil engineer and city developer seen from across the street. Created by David Chester French and de... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Painting of an elevated view of Pilgrims and Native Americans meeting in a town. |
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