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Telescope at Washburn Observatory

Date: 1930
Description: Telescope at Washburn Observatory with man at controls.
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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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King Street Arcade Office

Date: 07 29 1941
Description: Office interior on the second floor of the Capital City Bank Building, 111 King Street, also known as the King Street Arcade, with two female office worker...
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Hotel Loraine Lobby

Date: 09 21 1928
Description: Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union...
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Assembly Speaker's Desk

Date: 1897
Description: Assembly Speaker's desk, showing an unidentified woman, probably a tourist, standing by the Speaker's chair. In front of the Speaker's desk are the clerks'...
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Family Posed in Yard of House

Date: 1877
Description: A family is posed around two trees in a yard. A man sits on a chaise lounge and a woman in a striped dress sits in a rocking chair with a shawl on its back...
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Couple with Three Children outside of Home

Date: 1874
Description: A couple with three children posing in a yard. The woman has a sewing machine, the man has a table saw and lathe. The two-story frame house has a glass pan...
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Family at Side of House

Date: 1874
Description: A family is posing at the side of a house. A man and boy are holding rifles, and a dog is lying on the ground between the. There is a baby sitting in a hig...
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Family in front of Three-Story House

Date: 1871
Description: Family in yard around table with coffee cups and plants. The frame house in the background has a sewing machine on the porch, wood trim at top of front and...
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Dane County Traffic Police

Date: 05 13 1948
Description: Four Dane County traffic police pictured in their new navy blue and grey uniforms. Left to right, Officers Charles O'Brien, Don Harless, Emil Schmale, and ...
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University of Wisconsin Law School Graduates

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: Fifty-two recent graduates of University Law School making their first appearance before the state Supreme Court. Most of the graduates are veterans of Wor...
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Waupun Hunters Club

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Description: Group of men posed in front of small stone building with guns. Sign above doorway says "Waupun Hunters Club Home."
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Novak and Vice-President Bush

Date: 05 28 1981
Description: Journalist Robert Novak, a tape recorder to his right, interviews George Herbert Walker Bush. Bush inscribed the portrait, "pleasant memories."
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Oshkosh Public Library

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Description: Interior of the Oshkosh Public Library. View is from large open area with Ionic marble columns, with a round opening in the ceiling and perhaps a skylight....
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Two Women on Lawn of Large Estate

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Description: Two women pose on the lawn in front of a large estate. The building, with a large, wrap-around porch, and clock tower, was probably used as a resort or hot...
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Library after Remodeling

Date: 11 1955
Description: Elevated view from the balcony of the north end of the Wisconsin Historical Society's library reading room showing the recent remodeling. The remodeling di...
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Du Bois Super Service Station

Date: 12 1947
Description: A man stands next to an automobile in front of Du Bois Super Service at 1 North Mills Street (at the Corner of Regent Street), owned by Louis A. Du Bois. A...
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Speaker at Elks Lodge

Date: 1940
Description: A stocky man in a white suit stands at a lectern and microphone in front of the Elks Lodge (Al. Ringling home). Other men and women sit on the platform. A ...
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Hathorn Hall at Bates College

Date: 1920
Description: View of Hathorn Hall at Bates College. Completed in 1857, the hall is a small brick building featuring a bell tower. A man is seen walking on the sidewalk ...
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Marathon County Courthouse

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Description: View from street of the Marathon County Courthouse, "Bet 3rd and 4th, Jefferson and Scott Streets". Men and women are crossing the snowy streets near parke...

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