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Ho-Chunk Men Playing Cards

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk men are sitting around a blanket on the ground playing cards. They are in front of a lodge frame without coverings. A man holding a walking s...
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Two Men Sitting Under Trees

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Description: Two men, possibly Ho-Chunk, wearing hats are sitting on the ground near a board sidewalk underneath some trees. A building is behind them on the left, and ...
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The 'Hixton House' and the Methodist Church

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Description: Portrait of several buildings and a snowy landscape, probably in Hixton. A man is standing outside the first building on the left, which has a sign on the ...
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Men Working on Old Car

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Description: Three men, Harold Gauer likely among them, examine a Rolls Royce Phantom belonging to Webster Woodmanisee. They are working in a driveway, with a garage wi...
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Young Boys Playing a Game

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Description: A group of young boys gathered at the steps at the front of a house engaging in some kind of game, perhaps a game of chance. One boy is sitting above them ...
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Children Sitting on the Curb

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Description: View from street of a group of ten children sitting on the curb of a street. Behind them are a house, trees, and a man on a bicycle. Seven of the ten child...
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Street Game

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Description: Several boys play a street game in a residential area, two blocks away from the deserted playground.
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A Stone Fight

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Description: Children having a stone fight in an unpaved alley or street in an underprivileged neighborhood. Some of the boys are holding trash can lids as protection, ...
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Good American Homes Program

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: City Manager Leonard G. Howell turns the first shovelful of dirt for the first of eleven houses to be built by Madison builders under the Good American Hom...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Cynthia Cottam, age 3 and a half, watches as children participate in a parade of gaily decorated tricycles while costumed as Native Americans, cowboys, and...
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PD-40 in Stone Crusher

Date: 01 19 1938
Description: Men stand near a stone crusher powered by an International PD-40 power unit. The crusher was owned and operated by Coy Hawk. Two buildings stand in the ba...
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The Home of the Chippewa

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Description: Chippewa Indians are seated around a dome-shaped dwelling on a reservation.
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"Daddy's a War Worker...Share Your Home With Us"

Date: 1944
Description: National Housing Agency Design No. 3, "Woman and Two Children." Shows a troubled mother sitting with her arm around her young daughter and her son standing...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Madison's first home show in thirteen years was officially opened by Acting Manager George Forster when he cut the ribbon at the entrance to the exhibit ar...
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Four Men in Front of House with Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Man standing in yard in front of house and fence. There is a woman in the background sitting on the porch. A young man is driving a horse-drawn grain binde...
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Syl in front of Octagon Cottage

Date: 11 1900
Description: Syl standing in front of a octagonal-shaped Gordon Cottage. The edge of the roof has crenelations along it, and a brick chimney is in the middle the roof. ...
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Cattle Driven Down a Street

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Description: View of cattle being driven down a street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Covington, LA."
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Shirley House

Date: 1900
Description: The famous "Shirley House" or "White House," stands near the Jackson Road, which was between the Union and Confederate entrenchments during the siege of Vi...
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Cave Entrance in Vicksburg

Date: 1902
Description: Cave in a hillside occupied by the Lewis family from May 18 to July 4, 1863, during the Civil War siege of Vicksburg. Hundreds of other caves in the vicin...
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Main Street

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Description: A man on crutches is walking down the street. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the street. Business sign reads: "Lowell Commercial Co. General Merchan...

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