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Fourth of July Crowd at Humboldt Park

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: Children canoeing in the pond with swans, while other children are watching. There are adults and children in the background near a building.
Photograph

Lincoln Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Rear view of Lincoln Monument on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The back of the statue has a shield and eagle on the back of th...
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Oak Shore Club

Date: 1913
Description: Four hunters sit in an automobile parked in front of the Oak Shore Club and laden with dead ducks and geese after hunting.
Photograph

Old Abe Steam Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: The Civil War eagle Old Abe became the trademark of the J.I. Case Company, manufacturers of steam tractors and other farm machinery. This tractor is at wor...
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Boating

Date: 1912
Description: A launch with men standing on the deck passes close to rocky bluffs as seagulls fly overhead.
Book or Pamphlet

Eagle Farm Tractors

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Eagle farm tractors. Features an illustration of an eagle and a photograph of a man using a tractor in a field.
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1912
Description: View from road of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. The double doorway has an arched window above it, and another circular window with a decorative fr...
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Carrier Pigeon with Message

Date: 11 05 1918
Description: A soldier in uniform holds a pigeon with a message on its leg at the 4th Corps Pigeon Loft, Essey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Photograph

Military Homing Pigeons

Date: 02 18 1919
Description: Outdoor photograph of a man's arm and hand holding a military homing pigeon. A sign on the cage in the background reads: "Military Homing Pigeons. These ar...
Photograph

Carrier Pigeons

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A man is standing near a cage for carrier pigeons camouflaged in the hay. Captioned: "A camouflaged, but homelike, haven for carrier pigeons. They carry me...
Photograph

Young Bird

Date: 1910
Description: A young bird in a rock crevice on Rocky Island. The island is on Rainy Lake.
Postcard

Prairie Chickens

Date: 1913
Description: A quarry of dead prairie chickens, hunting dogs, horses and buggies in tall grass. Caption reads: "Prairie Chickens, Hawkins, Wis."
Photograph

Farmhouse Used for Military Housing

Date: 1918
Description: U.S. soldiers are standing in front of a stone farmhouse used for military housing in France. A pond with geese is in the foreground, and a horse is standi...
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Our Naval Infantry at the Antwerp Zoo

Date: 1914
Description: German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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Man with Macaw

Date: 03 1913
Description: A man is standing in front of a store holding a macaw on his outstretched right arm. The man is holding a thin cigar in his left hand. A sign on the storef...

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