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Wisconsin Heights Battlefield

Date: 1856
Description: Painting by S.M. Brookes of the Wisconsin Heights Battlefield.
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Man in Reeds

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Description: At Big Muskegan Wind. In a marsh part of a lake, a man in waders is bent over among the reeds. In the background are three people in a boat, with one perso...
Photograph

Men with International C-1 Truck

Date: 1935
Description: Two men stand near the rear of an International C-1 truck recently delivered to a Puget Sound Light and Power Company branch. Piles of wire and other equip...
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Truck Carrying Torpedoes

Date: 1949
Description: Two men load torpedoes onto the bed of an International truck marked: "The Independent Eastern Torpedo Co." A sign reading: "Explosives" is on the grille o...
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Syl and Aunt Helen on Gully Bridge

Date: 12 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen lean on a wooden hand rail on Gully bridge. Behind them is a lake with ice and snow. A large factory-like building is visible in the dis...
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Lake Superior Ice Covered Shoreline

Date: 1934
Description: Three men standing on frozen Lake Superior in front of ice covered shoreline.
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U.S. Mail Sleigh

Date: 1918
Description: Two men sit at the reins of a horse-drawn United States mail sleigh which ran from Sturgeon Bay to Egg Harbor. Another man is kneeling inside the sleigh ne...
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Firemen on North Pole Road

Date: 04 1951
Description: "Theresa firemen drill on the bridge on North Pole Rd. The camera faces north. Some of the firemen are Les Beck, Andrew Schnitzler, Armand Zimmel, & Les Zi...
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Man Launching a Very Large Kite

Date: 03 30 1933
Description: A man in a field holds a very large kite just prior to launching it. On the kite is painted the number 43 and "Property of the U.S. Weather Bureau." He is ...
Photograph

Passenger Train on Railroad Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of a passenger train on a railroad bridge over a river. Men are standing on the bridge in front of the locomotive. There is snow on the...
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Ice Skating

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view looking south at members of the Hotz family ice skating on an improvised rink at their Glencoe home.
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Ice Skating

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of members of the Hotz family skating on an improvised rink in the yard of their Glencoe home, 1072 Sheridan Road. A porch is visible on the ...
Photograph

Mr. Kincaid on Stairs

Date: 02 1924
Description: The caretaker, carrying a lantern, poses on stairs leading up from the log outhouse at the Hotz Europe Lake compound. There is hoar frost on the trees and ...
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Lyle Lilly in Badger Ordnance Motorcyle Police Uniform

Date: 1944
Description: Lyle Lilly (1916-2011) stands in front of his home at 838 Woodrow Street in Madison, Wisconsin. He is wearing his motorcyle police uniform that he wore whi...
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Model T in Winter

Date: 1918
Description: A boy holds the door handle of a circa 1916 Model T Ford with a modified radiator cover. A girl walks up the road toward the car. There is a bridge over a ...
Photograph

House in Black River Falls

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Description: View from road of two men standing behind a fence next to a snow-covered frame house. A woman and young girl pose standing on the porch of a house two hous...
Photograph

International Truck and Tractors

Date: 1965
Description: Color photo of a man standing beside an International pickup truck while watching two tractors work in a field. A mountain range is in the background.
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Soldiers at Slit Trench

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: Soldiers working on slit trench in the rain on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They all hail from Michigan. ...
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Coming to a Stop

Date: 1911
Description: Ski jumper coming to a stop after a successful landing.
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Oakes Family

Date: 1910
Description: Bundled up in winter clothes, the Oakes Family poses outside the family home on the front walk. Snow covers the ground. The group includes (left to right):...

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