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International Tractor Used in City Construction

Date: 1912
Description: International tractor and other machines at an urban construction(?) site, probably in Chicago. Large city buildings are in the background.
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Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works. View from hill towards a large crowd of workers, mainly men and boys, posing in front of the factory in an ...
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Madison Free Library

Date: 1912
Description: Madison Free Library, 206 North Carroll Street. Taken in winter, there is snow visible on the grounds surrounding the library. The library was built with C...
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Jones Island

Date: 1912
Description: A fishing settlement. Small buildings and boats line a bay, with sand and a piece of driftwood in the foreground.
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Jones Island

Date: 1912
Description: A fishing settlement. Two piers at the shoreline with a sandy beach, one with a ramp next to it. There are several buildings in the background. Two tugbo...
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Milwaukee Normal School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the school with a man standing on the sidewalk in front of the three-story building spraying the lawn with a hose. A group of people are in fr...
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Little Boy in Curls

Date: 1912
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr. is posed on the sidewalk in front of the family home, 415 North Carroll Street, dressed in his winter coat. The portrait is notable f...
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Sans Souci Hall

Date: 1912
Description: Formally a Universalist Church (under Rev. Augusta Chapin), then a Baptist church, later a club house and eventually a dance hall. Photograph taken after ...
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Crowd on Street Corner

Date: 1912
Description: A large crowd of women, children, and men standing on sidewalk and curb. They are probably waiting for the trolley. Many of the people are carrying package...
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Roosevelt Parade

Date: 1912
Description: A group of men are sitting in a car among a crowd of people. Standing on the right are two photographers. Theodore Roosevelt is in the backseat of the car ...
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Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee Crowd

Date: 1912
Description: Theodore Roosevelt raising his hat amidst a crowd in Milwaukee. He is leaving a building and is heading toward a waiting car.
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Cars on Racetrack

Date: 1912
Description: Early twentieth-century race cars lined up for the beginning of a race. heavy smoke is behind the cars. The grandstand on the left is filled with spectator...
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Group of Men on Racetrack

Date: 1912
Description: The man in the goggles on the right is Teddy Tetzlaff; possibly at the Vanderbilt Cup Race. The other men are unidentified. In the background is the grands...
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Women Wearing Hats Walking on Sidewalk

Date: 1912
Description: Young women carrying purses and wearing very large hats are walking down a sidewalk. A person on the left is holding an umbrella, and one woman is holding ...
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Capitol Dome Under Construction

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building as the dome was being built.
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Tractor Shipment at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of tractors awaiting shipment parked in a grassy lot at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. There are houses and commercial bu...
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Big Badger Fair Broadside

Date: 1912
Description: Announcement from the Educational Department of the Big Badger Fair, held September 3-6, 1912 in Platteville.
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The Pierce Family Home

Date: 1912
Description: A woman and three children pose in front of the Pierce family's house on Williamson Street. From left to right are Leo Kronenberg, Gertrude Kronenberg, The...
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A Presidential Campaign Banner Over the Street

Date: 1912
Description: A street view featuring a campaign banner supporting Theodore Roosevelt (10/27/1858 – 1/6/1919) as president and Hiram W. Johnson (9/2/1866 – 8/6/1945) fo...

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