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Labor Day at Bayfield

Date: 1912
Description: Boats and people at the Bayfield dock on Labor Day 1912. Boats include Thelma; Lusitania; which later became a U.S. Mail boat; Captain Angus'...
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Milwaukee's Flying Machine

Date: 1912
Description: Dr. A. Rudolph Silverston's vacu-aerial flying machine, as seen from the rear. Handwritten at top: "Rear View." Caption at bottom reads: "Silverston's Milw...
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Milwaukee Flying School

Date: 1912
Description: An unidentified student among a group of men getting a lesson in a Curtiss plane at Rudolph Silverston's Milwaukee School and College of Aviation. Caption ...
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Kaminski at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1912
Description: John Kaminski (who can barely be seen here in his Lincoln Beachey checkered cap), his mechanic, and onlookers attempting to ready his Curtiss pusher for fl...
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Rodgers' Vin Fiz

Date: 1912
Description: Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i...
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Forest Rangers on Horseback

Date: 1912
Description: Two forest rangers are posing on horseback. Handwritten on front: "Forest Rangers at Trout Lake Station."
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Capitol Park Entrance

Date: 1912
Description: This card which is postmarked 1912 shows the zinc statutes on the stone gateways near the sidewalk at Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). Ori...
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Kimberly Pulp and Paper Mill

Date: 1912
Description: View from shoreline toward the mill on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Kimberly Pulp and Paper Mill, near Appleton, Wis."
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Van Camp Packing Co.

Date: 1912
Description: View of the Van Camp Packing Company. People, including a horse-drawn vehicle are on a driveway on a hill near the side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van...
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Cedar Street

Date: 1912
Description: View from left sidewalk towards the west side of Cedar Street. Caption reads: "West Side of Cedar Street Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
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Mabel Tainter Memorial

Date: 1912
Description: The Mabel Tainter Memorial building designed by Harvey Ellis. Caption reads: "Mabel Tainter Memorial, Menominee, Wis."
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Stout Manual Training School and High School

Date: 1912
Description: View across street towards the Stout Manual Training School on the left, and the high school on the right. Captions read: "Stout Manual Training School," "...
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Exterior, Mt. Horeb High School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the High School. Caption reads: "High School, Mount Horeb, Wis."
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Tripp Memorial Library

Date: 1912
Description: View from street of the Tripp Memorial Library in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, about 1912. Caption reads: "New Library, Prairie du Sac, Wis."
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Busy Scene on Main Street

Date: 1912
Description: Colorized view across street towards pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles in front of a row of shops. Caption reads: "Busy Scene on Main Street, Bangor, Wi...
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Main Street Looking East

Date: 1912
Description: Photographic postcard view of a central business district. On the left is a bank, and a "Place to Eat." Horses and buggies are further down the block. Capt...
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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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State House Crew

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of forest rangers outside a house. They are wearing work clothes, boots and a variety of hats. A man on the right is holding a gun and point...
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Forest Rangers at Hang Out at Tomahawk Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of twelve men posing on the steps and porch of a building, probably forest rangers. The men are wearing a variety of clothing, including a b...
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View from the Site of Norway Spring

Date: 1912
Description: This view is looking northeast from the site of Norway Springs at the north end of Trout Lake in the spring. In the foreground are tree stumps; in the back...

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