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Reverend A. Jacobsen and Family

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of Rev. A. Jacobson, family and visitors, Perry, Wis." from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Jacobson (1836-1910) immigrated to t...
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Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
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Fourteen Foot Tomato Plant

Date: 09 27 1936
Description: Mr. Liebenberg standing on a ladder measuring a 14 foot tomato plant growing in his garden. Mrs. Liebenberg is standing beside the plant.
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Fauerbach Freight Cars

Date: 07 17 1934
Description: Two railroad freight cars with Fauerbach Beer signs covering their sides are parked outdoors on railroad tracks in a railroad yard.
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John Walker

Date: 06 15 1933
Description: John Walker, father of 16 children, standing outside a greenhouse with a pipe in his mouth.
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McKay Nursery

Date: 09 28 1931
Description: Storefront of McKay Nursery, 911 University Avenue. The sign above the entrance reads: "McKay Nursery Co. Wisconsin's Greatest Nursery."
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Girl with Easter Lily

Date: 03 30 1931
Description: Ruth Jordan holding an Easter lily plant in Smith-Knox Floral Co. greenhouse, 2023 Sherman Avenue.
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Easter Lily Display

Date: 03 30 1931
Description: Ruth Jordan standing behind a display of Easter lily plants in Smith-Knox Floral Co. greenhouse, 2023 Sherman Avenue.
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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Japanese Lantern Plant

Date: 10 13 1927
Description: Dried arrangement of Japanese lantern plant in a vase for the Olds Seed Company catalog.
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Growing Rice in Greenhouse

Date: 10 1926
Description: Growing rice in University of Wisconsin-Madson horticultural greenhouse.
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University of Wisconsin Dairy Building

Date: 05 25 1926
Description: Exterior of Hiram Smith Hall dairy building with lilacs in foreground on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A stone and timber, Queen Anne-style s...
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Wrecked Studebaker at Accident Scene

Date: 10 19 1946
Description: Accident scene involving a Findorff cement truck and a Studebaker coupe that were involved in a head-on crash on Highway 12 & 18 near the Royal Airport, sh...
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Home on Picnic Point

Date: 1888
Description: View of shoreline along Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the home of Professor William Daniels, head of the Chemistry Dep...
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Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
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Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen Entertains

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898) on the right, his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen on the left and some visiting gentlemen, no doubt Luther...
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Mullin's Flowers Greenhouse

Date: 03 04 1953
Description: Schade & Cecelia Mullin's Flowers, 1044 South Park Street,. Interior view of the greenhouse showing potted plants.
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View from Sunset Point in Owen Park

Date: 1909
Description: View from Sunset Point in Owen Park, which is now a part of Hoyt Park. Lake Mendota is in the distance.

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