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Wright Brothers' Hydroplane

Date: 1912
Description: A hydroplane built by the Wright Brothers being tested by the U.S. Navy on San Diego Bay.
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Curtiss Hydroplane in San Diego Bay

Date: 1912
Description: Glenn Curtiss sold two hydroplanes (NS 1 & 2) to the U.S. Navy and continued to test them independently from their base also located on North Island. This ...
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons honor the Wisconsin Civil War soldiers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The memorial was nam...
Postcard

Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsi...
Postcard

Schurz Monument

Date: 1912
Description: The Carl Schurz Monument, presented to the city by John Hicks in 1914. Sculpted by Karl Bitter. Caption reads: "Carl Schurz Monument, Oshkosh, Wis." The te...
Postcard

Statue of Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1912
Description: Statue of Chief Oshkosh of the Menominee Tribe. Sculpted by Trentanove and located in Menominee Park. The statue honors the man who gave his name to the ci...
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Old Abe Steam Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: The Civil War eagle Old Abe became the trademark of the J.I. Case Company, manufacturers of steam tractors and other farm machinery. This tractor is at wor...
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City Hall in Library Park

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of two-story city hall in Library Park. It features a bell tower and mansard roof. There is a plaque mounted over the doorway just below the roof....
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William Clifford and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains"

Date: 1912
Description: William Clifford and Ethel Grandin in 1860s or 1870s period costume. They are apparently being guarded by two U.S. Army soldiers in this scene still for "A...
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Ethel Grandin, J. Barney Sherry, and Others in "Across the Plains"

Date: 1912
Description: In the left foreground Ethel Grandin is comforted by a U.S. Army cavalry officer. Behind them other officers and a woman standing by a Wells Fargo stagecoa...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Sparta-Camp Douglas Territory

Date: 1912
Description: This map shows the area around Fort McCoy, labeled "U.S. Military Reservation," and Camp Douglas in the Sparta-Tomah region. Road, railroads, towns, cities...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: This map from the U.S. General Land Office shows railroads, counties, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, U.S. Land Offices, Indian reservations, military ...
Photograph

Camp Douglas

Date: 1912
Description: Bird's-eye view of Camp Douglas with several tents set up at center. Surrounding bluffs are in the distance.
Postcard

U.S. Soldiers

Date: 1912
Description: Photographic postcard view of troops marching on the road across the railroad tracks past the depot.

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