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Last Elm Tree on State Street

Date: 1974
Description: Last elm tree on State Street being cut down. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Memorial Union are in the background.
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Men Harvesting Hemp with Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of two men harvesting hemp using a McCormick Farmall H tractor and hemp binder No.2. In the background are houses among trees.
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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ...
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Fire Fighters Rescuing Victims

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of fire fighters on the side of a building and standing on the ground lifting people out of a building.
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Fire Fighters on Ladders

Date: 1910
Description: Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building.
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Woman Adjusts Motorcycle

Date: 1915
Description: A woman adjusts her motorcycle in the middle of a street. A motorcycle is parked next to her.
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Man on Tall Ladder

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Description: Fire fighting scene in which a man is at the top of a very tall ladder mounted on a hook and ladder fire truck. A group of men observe. A haze of smoke fil...
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Female Worker Inspects Parts at West Pullman Works

Date: 1944
Description: Female worker inspecting small plastic and metal parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Newborn

Date: 03 18 1963
Description: Four generations are represented in this portrait of a newborn baby with his mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
Description: John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i...
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Glenn Curtiss and Post

Date: 07 1910
Description: Airplane inventor Glenn Curtiss (with moustache), and his friend and fellow aviator Augustus Post, to his right. Although identified by Warner to 1909, it ...
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Johnston Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Johnston Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of Christopher Columbus and hi...
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Truax Field Fire Station

Date: 04 10 1943
Description: Truax Army Air Field Fire Station #1 with 5 fire fighter crash crew members and their truck.
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Mrs. Annen Painting in Studio

Date: 04 25 1932
Description: Helen Wann Annen (Mrs. P.J. Annen) painting in studio at 2321 Rugby Row.
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Katherine Aurner at the Easel

Date: 04 27 1932
Description: Katherine Aurner (Mrs. Robert R. Aurner), paints at her home studio located at 1029 Seminole Highway in Nakoma.
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American Optical Co. Exhibit

Date: 10 09 1931
Description: American Optical Co. exhibit of welding goggles, helmets and shields at the 2nd welding conference in the U.W. engineering building.
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Fire Fighters

Date: 05 21 1931
Description: Group portrait of five fire fighters after their rescue from the blazing roof of the building that was burned in the fire. From left to right, they are E.A...
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East High School Football Players

Date: 12 01 1930
Description: Two football players in uniform, on East High School stage. 2090B-1 = Ellistad 2090B-2 = Ferris.
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Football Player

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Central High School football player outdoors on a field.
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Central High School Football Players

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Two Central High School uniformed football players in three point stance on playing field.

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