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German Shepherd Dog Jumps Across Stand Rock

Date: 06 1961
Description: A German shepherd jumps across Stand Rock as a man and child in traditional Indian apparel look on. The man is pointing to the dog.
Photograph

Aerial View of Isthmus

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view looking east over the center of the city and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down main street with storefronts on both sides, with large power lines along the sidewalks stretching into the distance, and a hill in the background...
Photograph

Individuals on Stand Rock

Date: 1880
Description: Four unidentified individuals on Stand Rock.
Map or Atlas

Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of New Glarus.
Photograph

Cows on Observatory Hill

Date: 1900
Description: Fenced-in, the cattle find a grassy pasture of Observatory Hill below Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Home on Observatory Hill

Date: 1899
Description: View of home atop of Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Aerial View of Lower Campus

Date: 1945
Description: View of the lower campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison includes Bascom Hill, Wisconsin Historical Society, Memorial Union and the Armory (Red Gym ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Bascom Hill

Date: 1923
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Science Hall, and Bascom Hall on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota i...
Photograph

Observatory Hill

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus of the United States National, Wisconsin State Farm Experiment Station, Pro...
Drawing

Drawing of Cassville

Date: 1829
Description: Drawing of Cassville depicting a horse cart on the river's edge, with men and boats.
Postcard

Man in Boat on Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: View of Alma across the Mississippi River, with a man in a rowboat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma, Wisconsin, from the Mississippi."
Photograph

Black River Falls

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of the river and town. Probably prior to 1885 because the Van Schaick building/photograph gallery is not constructed on Second Street.
Photograph

Elevated View of Town and River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of buildings in town with river in the background.
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: Elevated view of town with houses along Main Street.
Photograph

Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
Photograph

Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from bluff of a house in Cassville surrounded by bluffs, trees and farmland. Railroad tracks run between the crops and the trees, and the Mis...
Photograph

Buildings in Cross Plains

Date: 1910
Description: View from hill looking down at Cross Plains.
Photograph

Riverside Town

Date: 1902
Description: River with distant hills behind a town. An island is in the foreground.
Photograph

View of Residential Section, Eau Claire

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Description: Elevated view of the residential section of Eau Claire from Mount Tom.

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