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Railroad Tunnel

Date: 1924
Description: View from railroad tracks through covered railroad tunnel in hill. A sign on a telephone pole on the right reads: "Private Property / Thoroughfare / Keep O...
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...
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Northwest Intersection at Fourth and Water

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui...
Map or Atlas

Lac Superieur et autres lieux ou sont les Missions des Peres de la Compagnie de Jesus comprises sous le nom D’outaouacs

Date: 1670
Description: This map is in French and shows Lac Tracy ov Superieur (Lake Superior), Baye des Puans (Green Bay), and portions of Lac des Ilinois (Lake Michigan) and Lac...
Photograph

Carillon Tower

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view from building of Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the background. There is ...
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International Model G Truck Carrying Boxes

Date: 1919
Description: An International model "G" truck is in the process of turning from a brick-paved road onto a dirt drive. On the truck is written Latsch & Son Wholesale Gro...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1909
Description: View down street showing commercial area with large power lines stretching into the distance, with a large hill in the background. A man is driving a horse...
Photograph

La Farge Street Scene

Date: 
Description: View down a main street with storefronts, showing large power lines stretching into the distance, and a hill in the background. There are cars parked in fr...
Photograph

Tower Rock School

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Tower Rock school building with Tower Rock directly in the background.
Photograph

Butane Transport Truck

Date: 1948
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International KB-11 tanker truck parked alongside a gravel road near a fence. The truck was owned by Butane Wholesale Gas...
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Sound Storm Camping Area

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Camping site with Volkswagen vans and tents. People are milling around the camping area of the Sound Storm music festival. "Speed Kills" is painted on the ...
Photograph

Small Town Residence

Date: 09 25 1965
Description: View of a stairway leading up to a second-story residence. Several other commercial and private buildings are visible in the background down a hill.
Photograph

Devil's Bar-B-Q

Date: 1925
Description: View from across road of the Devil's Barbecue roadside restaurant on South Boulevard, then Highway 12, near Baraboo. The restaurant is a stone building; th...
Photograph

The Seagull

Date: 1925
Description: The tour launch Seagull, of the Ryan Boat Line, on the Wisconsin River at the Dells. The Kilbourn bridge is in the background. The captain is the o...
Photograph

A. Bensley Butcher's Truck

Date: 1913
Description: Man sitting in the cab of an International Model M truck used by A. Bensley, cash butcher.
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Border Lake Outfitters

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Description: Border Lakes Outfitting Company, Sigurd Olson's summer business that provided guides and equipment for wilderness vacations.
Postcard

Akron Soap Box Derby

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Description: All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. Shows an elevated view of the "Derby Downs Hill with Grandstands and Finish Line. Famous Goodyear Zeppelin Dock...
Photograph

Vicksburg Surrender Monument

Date: 04 1902
Description: Confederate veterans at the Vicksburg Surrender Monument, on the occasion of decorating Union soldiers' graves.
Photograph

Devils Tower

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Description: View of a highway leading towards Devils Tower. A sign before a cabin on the right reads, "U.S. Department of Interior, Devils Tower, National Monument, Na...
Postcard

Devil's Lake, Wisconsin State Park, Balance Rock

Date: 1933
Description: Colorized postcard of Balance Rock, a formation in Devil's Lake State Park. There are carved initials and other markings on the rock formation. A tree is v...

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