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Carriage Stuck in the Mud

Date: 1898
Description: Horse-drawn carriage stuck in a rut on a muddy road near the Ohio River in Floyd County, Indiana. One man is holding the horse while another attempts to di...
Painting

Wisconsin Heights Battlefield

Date: 1856
Description: Painting by S.M. Brookes of the Wisconsin Heights Battlefield.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Junior Grain Binder

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of the Milwaukee Junior binder, t...
Photograph

Men with Dog on Ice Jam

Date: 1876
Description: Three men and a dog are standing on thick chunks of ice looking over logs on an icy river.
Photograph

Woman Standing Near River

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Description: Woman posed standing on a small island or peninsula in the river.
Photograph

Pathfinder on Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline towards the Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder car parked on a bridge. Under the bridge is a stream with a small waterfall. Two women are sta...
Photograph

Bear Trap Falls

Date: 1929
Description: Group of people at Bear Trap Falls in the Wolf River near Keshena. People are standing on the shoreline on the left near a sign for the falls. A man is sta...
Photograph

Man and Dog at Riverbank

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Description: A man, possibly J. Schildhauer, stands at the edge of a small river with his hands on his hips. A dog is standing at the river's edge looking at a flock of...
Photograph

Man and Women Driving on Rural Road

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving three women in an International Model M truck along a rural road. In the background is a valley with farm buildings...
Photograph

Cowboy and Cowgirl

Date: 1908
Description: Portrait of a cowgirl and cowboy on horseback. Their horses are facing each other as they look at the camera. A lake or river is in the background. Caption...
Photograph

Cowgirls on Their Horses

Date: 1908
Description: Group portrait of eight cowgirls on horseback lined up on a low rise with a river or stream behind them. Caption reads: "No. 116 Cowgirls, 101 Ranch, Oklah...
Photograph

On the Lower Churchill

Date: 1961
Description: Sigurd Olson and friends canoeing on the Lower Churchill River.
Photograph

The Dells

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of The Dells. A group of people are standing on a rock formation on the right overlooking the river. On the left is a rocky shoreline, and in...
Photograph

Lover's Lane

Date: 1912
Description: A bridge with both a wooden walkway for pedestrians and a dirt road for automobiles. Two men and a horse are standing on the other side of the bridge.
Photograph

Old Mill

Date: 1925
Description: View along shoreline of a mill on a river. There is a man loading bags onto a cart at the front. There is a wooded hill on the right.
Photograph

Grist Mill

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Description: Man posed standing on a bank in front of the grist mill located on Squaw Creek, probably operated by Narracong and later Loesching, and then possibly Johns...
Photograph

North Pole Road

Date: 04 1951
Description: "The camera looks south on the bridge on North Pole Rd."
Photograph

Lath Mill

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Description: View down hill of three women, three men, and a boy and girl posed standing in different locations around a sawmill by a shoreline, possibly the Lath Mill....
Photograph

Looking out of Boat Cave #1126

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Description: Stereograph from within a cave towards two men in a canoe. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
Photograph

Mill and Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: View across bridge of mill. There is a man standing on a wagon near the side of the mill. Behind the mill is a steep hill, with a house visible among trees...

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