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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Coffer Dam Under Construction

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Looking east over the Wisconsin River showing the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. Two steam-driven pile drivers on barges with construction worke...
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Steamboat on Wisconsin River

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Description: Steamboat near a cliff on the Wisconsin River, presumably in the Wisconsin Dells.
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Concrete Chutes and Forms in Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 10 23 1923
Description: Men working on the concrete chutes and elevated trestle. Iron reinforcing bars protrude from the forms.
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Elevated View of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 12 29 1912
Description: Elevated view of the progress within the coffer dam showing concrete forms around the draft tubes and gate guides. The high trestle is seen extending to th...
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Rock Quarry on Blackhawk Bluff

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: Workmen and machinery at the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. The gravel was used in construction of the power dam.
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Fisherman of Italian Colony

Date: 1893
Description: Six men of the fishing colony on the shorelines of the Mississippi River. Numerous boats, logs, and fishing nets are scattered across the beach. Caption on...
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Looking East at the Upstream Side of Power House and Dam

Date: 08 19 1915
Description: Elevated view of the completed power house and dam, looking east at the north, or upstream, side of the structure. On the far shore, the site of the gravel...
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Interior of West Shore Coffer Dam

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Workers posing inside the coffer dam. The narrow gauge railroad is behind them. One of the pile drivers is in the background. A bare area on the bluff in t...
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Rock Quarry on Blackhawk Bluff

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: A view, from the west, of the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. Gravel from the quarry was used in concrete for the construction of the power plant and dam.
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Aerial View of West Side

Date: 02 06 1948
Description: Looking east along Regent Street with snow on the ground. Visible are Lake Wingra, Monona Bay, railroad causeway across Monona, Lake Mendota, Hoyt Park, We...
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Picnic Behind Highlander

Date: 1935
Description: A student at Highlander having a picnic behind the school.
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View Northwest from The Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

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Description: Elevated view looking northwest across Lake Mendota and the isthmus from the Wisconsin State Capitol dome.
Postcard

View North of Pounds Landing

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River from a bluff on the west bank. The photograph is undated and does not indicate if it was taken prior to ...
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Mowing Clover

Date: 1915
Description: A man is using two horses to pull a mower through a field of clover. In the background are hills or mountains.
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Camping Party at Devil's Lake

Date: 07 1876
Description: A camping party rests at the top of a bluff at Devil's Lake State Park.
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Family Scything in a Field

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Description: Three men scythe a field, possibly of wheat. Behind the men there are three children and a woman standing in a row.
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Drawing of St. Paul's in Menesotah Territorium

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Description: Drawing of St. Paul, Minnesota, depicting a small town on a hillside overlooking the Mississippi River. A Native American sits on a log in the foreground. ...
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West Side Neighborhood

Date: 08 06 1948
Description: Elevated view of west side neighborhood showing East Hill Trailer Camp, 451 N. Midvale Boulevard, at the corner of University Avenue and Midvale Boulevard.
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West Side Neighborhood

Date: 08 06 1948
Description: Elevated view of west side neighborhood showing houses to the east of Midvale Boulevard.
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Group on Rock Formation

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Description: Three women and a man pose at the top of a rock formation overlooking the flat fields and forest below. The three women are sitting while the man stands w...

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