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Powwow Group from 1908 Homecoming with Dream Drum

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posed standing behind a Dream Drum in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming, ident...
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Apiary Tent Display

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Description: Three men and a boy standing outside a tent with a sign reading "Apiary." Beekeeping supplies, including hives and frames are displayed inside and outside ...
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Visiting a Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Businessmen visiting a log drive down the Wisconsin River. One man wearing a vest sits in a boat holding a peavey hook over his shoulder. Other men wearing...
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Posing on the Cooks Tent

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down from riverbank of four businessmen and the log driving cook posing on the cooks tent barge during the log drive.
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Ceremony at Normandy Groundbreaking

Date: 08 28 2004
Description: The Normandy Interpretive Center groundbreaking ceremony. Soldiers carrying the American flag march between two tents filled with guests. Participants in t...
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Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view from sidewalk of a crowd of men, women and children gathered about the stalls at the Hustler Harvest Festival. On the left side thre...
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Shooting a Rifle

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Description: View of two men standing among tents. with one of the men aiming a rifle up into the air.
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Ford and Fordson Exhibit

Date: 1924
Description: View across field towards a large canvas tent set up for the Ford and Fordson Exhibit by the Rock County Authorized Dealers. There are a number of Fordson ...
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McCormick-Deering Industrial Power Display

Date: 1938
Description: Group portrait taken inside a tent at the Indiana State Fair showing eight men in suits, hats and ties, some holding walking canes, standing beneath an ele...
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Isaac Stephenson and George Peck's Fishing Trip

Date: 1912
Description: A group of men sit in chairs close together around the entrance of an open tent. In the background are trees and more tents. The men are wearing shirts, bo...
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Governor Davidson and Staff

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Description: Governor James O. Davidson (sitting second from the left), outdoors in front of a tent with six other men, three standing and three sitting. There is a whi...
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Western Canoe Association Members

Date: 1894
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Western Canoe Association members lounging in front of their tent camp. They are all wearing caps or hats. Near the center of the...
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Group of Men Posing in front of Railroad Car

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Description: Large group of men wearing suits posing in front of a railroad car outdoors. There are tents in the background on the right.
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 3

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Most of the images are primarily of young men posing near or in boats, ...
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McCormick-Deering 10-20

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Description: Display event of the International Harvester Company of New Zealand. Showcases a McCormick-Deering 10-20 as well as various International tractors, impleme...
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Baseball Players

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Description: Group portrait of baseball players, wearing jerseys from Madison collegiate and amateur teams including the Badgers, Crescents and Silver Lake. The players...
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Group of Men Viewing Display

Date: 10 31 1928
Description: View towards a group of men standing outdoors around a Farmall tractor. There is a McCormick-Deering hay stacker behind the tractor, and a Shelton Seed Pan...
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Tent Street Evangelical Camp Grounds

Date: 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "Tent St. Evangelical Camp Grounds, Lomira, Wis." A man is standing in a wooded area with rows of tents on the right and left. Two cam...

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