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Fitchburg Depot

Date: 1923
Description: Railway depot and railyard. Caption reads: "Depot and Yards Fitchburg, Wis."
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Fitchburg Business Section

Date: 1923
Description: Business section of Fitchburg. Building and trees to the right with men and cars out front.
Map or Atlas

Rhinelander Airport Map

Date: 1923
Description: Map of Oneida County-Rhinelander Airport which was laid out at the county fairgrounds. The map appears on the reverse side of a letter Roy Larson received ...
Print

Skywriting Advertisement for Cigarettes

Date: 1923
Description: Advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes that shows the product name being written as a smoke trail above New York City. The campaign was devised for the...
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1923
Description: Aerial view of town with river. The clipping from a newspaper has a description titled: "Seeing Wisconsin From an Airplane".
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Bridge over the Black River

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated view of a bridge over the Black River during construction. It was built during 1923 and 1924 by the Wausau Iron Works. Tom Cleary was the Resident...
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Dedication of Historical Marker

Date: 1923
Description: This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in Wyalusing State Park. The two men ...
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Marquette and Joliet Historical Marker

Date: 1923
Description: This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in the Wyalusing State Park. The two ...
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Military Road Sign

Date: 1923
Description: Old Military Road sign. Sign reads: "1864 — 1924 Old Military Road — In March — 1863 — Abraham Lincoln affixed his signature to an act of Congress which en...
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Ferry House

Date: 1923
Description: The 1847 Ferry House, a two-story wooden, classical revival style structure with six over six windows. There is a second-story front porch and small lean-t...
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Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...
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Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...
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Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...
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Imperial Hotel after Tokyo Earthquake

Date: 1923
Description: Destruction around the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, following the 1923 Tokyo earthquake. The hotel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Imperial Hotel after Tokyo Earthquake

Date: 1923
Description: Destruction around the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, following the 1923 earthquake. The hotel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Drawing

East Water Street

Date: 1923
Description: East Water Street at Mason, looking at the Morris E. Fox & Co. building.
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Crawford County Bank

Date: 1923
Description: Decorated for the 250th celebration of the discovery of the Mississippi River. The ribbons and banners are all American flag themed. The storefront to the ...
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Barnard Hall

Date: 1923
Description: Exterior of Barnard Hall building on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. It features a flight of steps up to the entrance which is flanked by a stone r...
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Crowd Examining Wreckage

Date: 1923
Description: Overhead view of a crowd, consisting of men, women, and children standing among what appears to be charred ruins. Smoke is rising in the background.
Map or Atlas

Plat Showing Olbrich Purchase

Date: 1923
Description: Map showing the parcel of land on the shore of Lake Monona acquired by the City of Madison for a park (today known as Olbrich Park).

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