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John Lloyd Jones House

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Description: John Lloyd Jones house, near Hillside Home School on Highway 23 across from Taliesin. A man and a woman are standing and holding bicycles, one woman is kne...
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Suburban Bookmobile

Date: 1972
Description: Three children reading books near a bookmobile parked in a suburban neighborhood. The bookmobile was an International Loadstar 1600.
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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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Eau Claire Normal School

Date: 1930
Description: Front view of the Normal School. Caption reads: "Normal School, Eau Claire, Wis."
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High School

Date: 1905
Description: Front view across unpaved road towards a high school, with a bicycle against a tall pole, and a fence in the foreground.
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Jackson Street

Date: 1910
Description: Residential view of Jackson Street. A person is standing in the street with a bicycle, and two people are walking along the sidewalk on the right. Caption ...
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Carnegie Library

Date: 1937
Description: View of Carnegie Library on the corner of South Main Street and West Messenger, Rice Lake. Pedestrians are crossing the street, automobiles are parked alon...
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Washington Park Gazebo

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Description: Visitors around a gazebo or pavilion in Washington Park. A group of people are posing on the curved stairway on the right side of the pavilion. Caption rea...
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University Houses In Eagle Heights

Date: 09 24 1948
Description: Three of thirty-one buildings built to house University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members at Eagle Heights.
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Family Playing Croquet

Date: 1905
Description: Family playing croquet in the front yard of a rural home.
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Group Posing with Bicycles

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Description: Group posed standing and sitting on grass with bicycles and oars in front of an open wooden building with covered hanging vines. One man is holding a set o...
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Wisconsin High School

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the front of Wisconsin High School.
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Family Gathered on Lawn

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Description: Syl is seated on a tricycle near a tree, two men stand nearby, aunt Helen is sitting in a swing, and another women is seated in a rocking chair. A bicycle ...
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Boys in front of Suburban Residence

Date: 06 1925
Description: Two young boys ride bicycles (including a tricycle, or small "penny farthing") along the front walk toward the suburban residence of Robert Wallace, 10153 ...
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Shepard Terrace Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: A lineup of over twenty costumed children assembled along 2620 Chamberlain Street in the Shepard Terrace neighborhood. They had performed a circus for Roun...
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Portage County Courthouse

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Description: Exterior of Portage County Courthouse, built in 1868. Stairs lead to the main entrance of the stone building and a monument and cannon stand on the lawn.
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Red Gym

Date: 1910
Description: Soldiers stand in formation on the lawn in front of the Historical Society. Bicyclists ride by in the foreground. In the background is the University of Wi...
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High and Grade School

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Description: Tinted photographic postcard of Cable's High and Grade School building. A flag flies on the right, and a group of children are looking out of a second stor...
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Capital Offenses

Date: 1986
Description: Photograph taken to illustrate the jacket of a recording issued by the Capital Offenses, the blue grass band headed by Congressman David R. Obey of Wiscons...
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Crowds at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Crowds gather at games and other attractions at the Wisconsin State Fair.

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