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The Whaleback "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 09 19 1892
Description: Captain Alexander McDougall's whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus" under construction in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company in ...
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Mirror Lake Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Mirror Lake Mill with bridge in foreground. Two women are standing on the bridge looking down at the river.
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Installing Rock Wool Insulation

Date: 11 21 1936
Description: Three men on scaffolding are installing Capitol Rock Wool insulation, from a R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Inc. truck into a house at 616 N. Carroll Street.
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Ansel Adams

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams inserts the film holder into his 8 x 10 camera. He is photographing from a platform mounted on the top of his International Travelall truck.
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Construction Workers at Dam Site

Date: 1958
Description: Construction workers O.R. Williams, Fred Mappin, and Rober Garner at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam on the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountai...
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Locks at Power Dam

Date: 1913
Description: Looking across water and through the locks to a shoreline with a large hill in the background. A building is on the left, a wall and pilings are in the wat...
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Debris On Shoreline

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Description: Elevated view across water towards a building at the top of a steep incline, with a small group of people to the left. On top of the hill to the right are ...
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E.B. Fred Hall

Date: 1954
Description: E.B. Fred Hall, the first home of the bacteriology department, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A person is shoveling dirt in front of the bu...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane Constructing a Bridge

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane involved with the construction of a bridge. There is a sign on the crane that reads "The Milw...
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Field Mill

Date: 1938
Description: Field mill powered by an International PD-40 power unit. The power unit was owned by Walter Brown; a bridge and a body of water are to the right of the bui...
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Construction Addition

Date: 08 22 1964
Description: Two men construct an addition to Mr. Jack Myers' house on Washington Island.
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Waterfall in Witches' Gulch

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Description: Stereograph over Phantom Chamber of a waterfall in Witches' Gulch. There is a ladder to the left of the waterfall.
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Charles and Fern Thompson House

Date: 07 03 1951
Description: Exterior view of the Charles and Fern Thompson's new home, featuring redwood and red brick siding, at 3539 Topping Road in Shorewood Hills.
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A Vermont Marble Company

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Description: The marble company employees at work in a quarry. By 1885 the Rutland quarries employed about 3,000 workers.
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United States Army General Hospital Nurses' Recreation House

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Description: Exterior view looking down toward the Nurses' Recreation House at the United States Army General Hospital. A flag on a flagpole is on the roof, and a man i...
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Christmas 1952

Date: 1952
Description: Holiday card with a scene of a village in New Mexico. Adobe dwellings with hills, fences, a ladder, trees and a burro can be seen in the background. Six fi...
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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1700

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Jesus, along with two other men, are on crosses. On the left is a group of men. One soldier wearing armor...
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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1701

Date: 1893
Description: Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right ...
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Consolidated Paper

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Description: Smoke billowing from smokestacks at the Consolidated Paper plant. The river appears to be partially frozen, and snow is on the ground. Piles of logs, on th...
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1905
Description: The observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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