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Dam at Taliesin

Date: 1935
Description: Five women pose at the dam built by Frank Lloyd Wright at his home near Spring Green, Wisconsin. A sixth figure is obscured by tree branches on the right. ...
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Blockhouse No. 4

Date: 1918
Description: Looking up at Blockhouse No. 4 while under construction. Trees around the constructions site are being used to provide camouflage.
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Boy Milking a Cow

Date: 1935
Description: Ivan Rhyner, 13, milks a Brown Swiss cow out of doors, near a gate on his father's farm. Other cows observe from the opposite side of the fence. The photog...
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Children Playing

Date: 1935
Description: Children have clasped hands and formed a circle in a game of "Drop the Handkerchief." They are in the schoolyard of Farmer's Grove School, District No. 3, ...
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Pompey's Pillar

Date: 1932
Description: A view of Pompey's Pillar, a rock formation four miles northeast of Highland. Written on the reverse of the photograph: "It is 150 feet high from the base ...
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Rock Formation

Date: 1932
Description: The entrance to a cave is seen as a dark, circular area at the base of a rugged rock outcropping on the John Kopps farm. John Kopps's son Leland was a stud...
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Men Posing in Trench

Date: 1918
Description: Two British soldiers posing in a trench. The soldier on the right is manning an air-cooled Vickers light machine gun, and the soldier on the left is holdin...
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Corduroy Road

Date: 1932
Description: Several old timbers are exposed on Mud Branch Road. A one-mile stretch of the road was originally constructed as a corduroy road because of "quick sand" in...
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Canoeing the Flambeau

Date: 1933
Description: An unidentified man canoes the rapids on the Flambeau River in the northern part of Rusk County, about 12 miles from Ladysmith.
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Maiden Rock

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Description: A stereoscopic view from the shore of Maiden Rock in Lake Pepin.
Postcard

Terrace at Fred Thomas Resort on Big Chetac Lake

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Description: Colorized photographic postcard view of a lawn with stone terraces and birch trees leading down to a lake on the left. There is a cabin in the background n...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Description: Slightly elevated view over fields of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing Bascom Hall, the Observatory, and King Hall from University Heights. Lak...
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Village with Footbridge Built by U.S. Army Engineer Corps

Date: 1918
Description: View looking down low hill towards a narrow footbridge which crosses a small river to a village composed of wooden buildings with wooden fences. On the rig...
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Eagle Lake

Date: 1931
Description: Bare trees are silhouetted against the sunlight reflected on Eagle Lake.
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Selma Eidsmoe

Date: 1935
Description: Selma Eidsmoe, wearing knickers and a head scarf, poses holding a gun over her shoulder. She is standing on a bluff above the Pecatonica River valley. She ...
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Teams of U.S. Army Engineer Corps

Date: 1918
Description: View down snowy hill towards a team of U.S. Army Engineers traveling the Russian countryside in horse-drawn sleighs for the purpose of constructing a map o...
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View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. There are pedestrians on the snowy street below, including horses and sleighs. Buildings and dwellings li...
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View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. There are pedestrians on the snowy street below. Buildings and dwellings line the streets. In the backgro...
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View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia, with buildings, dwellings and yards. Pedestrians are walking on the street below. In the distance are fie...
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Pacific Coast Women's Press Association Breakfast Menu

Date: 06 25 1912
Description: Front cover of a menu from a breakfast given by the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association in honor of visiting members of the General Federation of Women...

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