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Fairway Tractor

Date: 1930
Description: Man operating a Fairway tractor with a mower at Chariton Golf Club.
Photograph

Buck Hill Falls Golf Course

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Description: Five men look on as another man takes a swing at a golf ball on Buck Hill Falls golf course.
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Mill Pond

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Description: A group of men and boys pose by a pond. A boy holds a long, probably bamboo, fishing rod. Two men jokingly pose as if they are dancing the tango.
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Pond at Bracken Brae, Country Home of John Johnston

Date: 1888
Description: Several adults, two children and a dog enjoying a pond at Bracken Brae, the country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. Hilda...
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Sid Reading Newspaper in his Backyard

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Description: Sid sitting on a stool on top of his "Hippopotamus" sculpture in his backyard at 237 Waubesa Street. He has a cigar in his mouth and is reading a newspaper...
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Sid fishing near a pond

Date: 06 1957
Description: View of Sid fishing in tall grass at a pond or river. He is looking over his shoulder towards the camera.
Historical Object

Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1899
Description: An album page decorated with a hand-painted stem of wild geranium flowers features four photographs of Stuart Fargo, age two years, and his sister Dorothy,...
Photograph

Beaver Removal

Date: 1935
Description: A warden, wearing high laced boots and leather jodhpurs, is holding a beaver by the tail while standing in shallow water. A second man, wearing waders, is ...
Postcard

Vilas Park

Date: 10 10 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Vilas Park, Madison, Wis." A man is standing on a sidewalk next to the shoreline of a lagoon or pond. Sidewalks are surrounded by tre...
Postcard

Winnebago Indians at Bethesda Park

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Winnebago Indians at Bethesda Park, Waukesha, Wis." A group of Ho-Chunk pose at Bethesda Park as a crowd of tourists looks on. There ...
Postcard

Barton Road

Date: 12 10 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Barton Road, West Bend, Wis." A man is driving an automobile on a muddy, unpaved road with a pond on both sides. Two farm buildings a...

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