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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1890
Description: Slightly elevated view of the members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention and their families standing for a portrait at Mount Vernon.
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Tank Cottage with Two Little Girls

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the cottage and porch. Two little girls in dresses stand in front of the cottage, posing for the camera. A bench stands on the porch. On t...
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Jefferson Prairie Marker

Date: 1952
Description: The Jefferson Prairie Marker, a monument marking the settlement of Jefferson Prairie in 1838. A young girl is standing on the right. The text on the marker...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: The Indian Agency House, near the site of Fort Winnebago. A meeting was called to arouse interest in the purchase of the Agency house.
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Movie Set at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Tourists visit the historic Seven-Mile Inn at Old World Wisconsin transformed for its role as the Daleyville Bank in the ABC made-for-TV movie "Dillinger".
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School Bus at Oldest School House

Date: 04 09 1935
Description: Children disembark from an International Model C-30 school bus parked in front of the "oldest [frame] school house" in America. The bus was one of seven ow...
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Unidentified Rural Schoolhouse

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Description: View from road up hill of teacher and students posing in front of a clapboard and one-room schoolhouse. A horse and buggy are on the hill on the right.
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International C-30 School Bus

Date: 04 09 1932
Description: An International Model C-30 school bus passing through gates in a stone wall. Cannons stand on either side of the gate opening, and there is a plaque about...
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Schoolchildren Boarding Bus

Date: 1935
Description: Schoolchildren boarding an International C-30 school bus. Original caption reads: "One of six Model C-30 school buses with all-steel bodies, owned by St. J...
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Unveiling Community Leader Tablet

Date: 1925
Description: A group of men, women and children gathers as a plaque is unveiled on a brick building. Many of the women are wearing cloche hats and drop waist dresses. T...
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Violet and Judith Dousman

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Description: Violet and Judith Dousman seated together between a canna bed and a weeping mulberry.
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Dousmans and Friends Playing Cards

Date: 1898
Description: Group of twelve people, including Nina Dousman, gathered around a table outdoors, with a fountain spouting water in the background. Four people play cards ...
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Taliesin II Gardens and Pasture Below Building

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Description: Gardens and pasture below the southeast side of Taliesin II.
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Taliesin I Courtyard

Date: 1912
Description: Taliesin I courtyard from the "brow" of the hill looking toward the entry loggia. A young girl on a horse is talking to a young boy under the porte-cochere...
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Bell Dedication

Date: 08 1995
Description: "At the Theresa Historical Society grounds, Les Beck and John Bodden dedicate an 800-lb. bell that called children to school for 65 years at the Theresa Pu...
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Crowd of People Viewing the Liberty Bell

Date: 1976
Description: A crowd gathered around the Liberty Bell.
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Presenting the Key to Wade House

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and...
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Stagecoach Ride at Wade House

Date: 08 1959
Description: Visitors enjoy a stagecoach ride, an attraction at Old Wade House during the August "twilight tours" of this historic site. A team of two horses stand in t...
Postcard

The Sugar Bowl Confectionery

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Description: Color postcard of the interior of the candy store at Stonefield.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Brigham Park Historic Marker

Date: 07 13 1955
Description: Mrs. Charles I. Brigham (left), and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles Brigham, Jr., with her children Mark, Jonathan, and Elizabeth, standing and reading t...

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