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Increase Lapham Examining a Meteorite

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph portrait of Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875) examining the sixth fragment of a 33 lb. meteorite found in Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin...
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John Muir

Date: 1875
Description: Head and shoulders oval framed portrait of John Muir (1838-1914).
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Buying Tickets at Ellis Island

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Description: Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island.
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Baker's Fireplace

Date: 1915
Description: Living room interior of Madeline Island vacation house showing stone fireplace and furniture. The house belonged to the Baker family and later became the h...
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John Muir

Date: 1899
Description: A studio portrait of naturalist, conservationist, and writer John Muir.
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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
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Phantom Chamber

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Description: The Falls in Phantom Chamber, in Witches' Gulch.
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Classroom Cave People

Date: 02 27 1984
Description: A sixth grade class dresses up as cave people to experience the likeness of living in pre-historic times.
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Cave of the Dark Waters

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Description: Looking out the Cave of the Dark Waters.
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Eagle Cave "Giant Stalagmites"

Date: 06 15 1946
Description: Interior view of Eagle Cave, Richland County, featuring "Giant Stalagmites." Wisconsin's largest onyx cave.
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Congregational Church

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Description: Interior of the Congregational Church on Madeline Island. The ceiling and walls are paneled in birchbark.
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Old Mission Church

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of the Congregational Church, a.k.a. Old Mission Church. The interior walls are covered with cedar trees.
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Family and Wagon

Date: 1900
Description: A family of seven, including a baby, posing on and around a wagon with bales of hay in rocky terrain. There are steep hills behind them.
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Indian Petroglyphs

Date: 1960
Description: Norb Bybee shoots a self-portrait with his camera of petroglyphs that are carved in the face of a rock shelter near Gullikson's Glen.
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Medical Inspection of Immigrants

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Description: Medical inspection of immigrants at Ellis Island.
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Michael De Perry

Date: 1854
Description: Tintype of Michael De Perry and unidentified child.
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Model of Men Working with Farm Equipment

Date: 1932
Description: A model or diorama depicting farmers with a Farmall tractor, truck, harvester-thresher (combine) and a horse in a field. The display was likely part of Int...
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Mrs. Brewer's Class at Edisto Island

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Description: Mrs. Brewer teaching a citizenship class at Edisto Island. Septima Clark, far left.
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Southern Wisconsin Anti-Pollution Federation

Date: 05 12 1948
Description: Group portrait of fifteen members of the Southern Wisconsin Anti-Pollution Federation, sponsors of an anti-pollution meeting to prohibit dumping of sewage ...
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Anti-Lake Pollution Mass Meeting

Date: 05 12 1948
Description: Elevated view of members of the audience attending a meeting sponsored by the newly incorporated Southern Wisconsin Anti-Pollution Federation. The meeting ...

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