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Panoramic View of Dudgeon Neighborhood

Date: 1916
Description: Panoramic view of the Wingra area from the railroad tracks north of Gregory Street. Looking towards Lake Wingra, across Monroe Street.
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University of Wisconsin Dairy Class

Date: 1916
Description: University of Wisconsin Dairy Class.
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Farmer's Market

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of the Municipal Market, which was built in 1910 but not operated successfully until July 1917 when it was run by a group of women from the D...
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Selling Dried Corn At the Municipal Market

Date: 1918
Description: A member of the Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Women's Committee sells dried corn at the farmer's market. Women's organizations sold wheat subst...
Postcard

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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Lunch Break

Date: 1915
Description: Field workers take a lunch break outdoors. The man holding the food is Frank Haack and the woman taking a bite is his sister-in-law, Anna Bollenbeck.
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Madison-Kipp Company

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Madison-Kipp Company during winter with a railroad car parked in front.
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Millpond in Cross Plains

Date: 1915
Description: Millpond with several buildings and horses in the middle ground, and more buildings in the background. Trees are visible throughout. Text at lower left rea...
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Buildings in Cross Plains

Date: 1910
Description: View from hill looking down at Cross Plains.
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Picnic Point from Farms

Date: 03 24 1913
Description: Picnic Point from the University Farm fields, now known as Observatory Hill.
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Ruins of Dreher Farm

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: The ruins of the Dreher farm after it was hit by a tornado.
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Tourists Among Burial Mounds

Date: 1910
Description: A sightseeing party wanders among cows and Native American burial mounds near the popular picnic area at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendot...
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Madison Plow Company

Date: 1916
Description: Madison Plow Company.
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Main Street with plank sidewalk and dirt road. A piece of agricultural equipment is in the foreground.
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"Madison Girls" on International Harvester Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Four women are sitting on an International Harvester manure spreader. The women are identified as "Madison Girls," most likely employees at International H...
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University Heights Neighborhood

Date: 1913
Description: View looking southwest at the University Heights neighborhood from near the corner of University Avenue and Breese Terrace. In the foreground is the Univer...
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Lake Wingra

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view looking toward Lake Wingra. In the foreground is the Yawkey-Crowley Lumber Yard. The company built it's warehouse at 1542 Monroe Street between...
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Williamson Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view east from the corner of South Blair and Williamson Streets. On the left is Joe's News Store (Joseph J. Kuhn) 520 E. Wilson Street and a sign for th...
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Dean's Residence

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior of building at 10 Babcock Drive. University of Wisconsin-Madison residence of Dean Harry Luman Russell (Dean of the College of Agriculture, 1907-...
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Dairy Barn

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Dairy Barn with snow on the ground.

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