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Steamboat "Clyde"

Date: 1870
Description: The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura...
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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
Description: A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa...
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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
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Fire Company Invitation

Date: 02 04 1864
Description: Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman...
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Fire Station on State Street

Date: 1902
Description: Station #2 of the Madison Fire Department at 125 State Street. Several men in uniform pose in front of the building with a horse-drawn wagon. A sign on the...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

Date: 1896
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway's locomotive # 96 at the Waukesha depot.
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Locomotive and Crew

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Description: Locomotive and railroad crew.
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Man and Family in Yard of Frame House

Date: 1875
Description: A man lies on the ground with a dog near the front door of his house. His wife and baby are posed on the steps of a side porch. The frame house has a stone...
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Wesleyan Seminary in Eau Claire

Date: 1860
Description: Front entry to the Wesleyan Seminary. It was built in the early 1860's on the site of the present High School building.
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Baxter House

Date: 1912
Description: View from across road of Baxter House, a two-story wooden structure. A man is sitting on the roof working on the chimney. A bell tower is seen behind the r...
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T.G. Mandt Carriage Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar...
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Portrait of Man Surrounded by Various Musical Instruments

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man posed standing among various instruments. He is holding a violin unde...
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Portrait of George Standingwater

Date: 1906
Description: A Ho-Chunk man is posing standing in a field, holding an object in his left hand, and is wearing regalia including a long bandoleer which appear to have be...
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Copy Photograph of George Standing Water

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man is posing standing in a field, holding an object in his left hand. He is wearing regalia including a long bandoleer which appears to have be...
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Frank and Robert Drew King

Date: 09 1965
Description: Frank O. King and Robert Drew King relax outdoors in chairs at the Lake Flora Bell vacation home.
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Beetown School District #7

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Description: A man stands behind a fence and in front of a clapboard schoolhouse and outhouse on a hill. There is a bell tower on the school building.
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South Lancaster District #5 School Building

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Description: View of school grounds with school building with small bell tower on the right. In the background is a fence, and a man driving a wagon.
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PD-40 in Stone Crusher

Date: 01 19 1938
Description: Men stand near a stone crusher powered by an International PD-40 power unit. The crusher was owned and operated by Coy Hawk. Two buildings stand in the ba...
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Church with Steeple and Clock

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Description: View looking northeast of St. Mary's Catholic church at the southeast corner of East Kilbourn Avenue and North Broadway. A man is walking across the s...
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Pennsylvania Railroad Patriotic Poster No. 1

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as "home of the Pennsylvania Railroad." The poster features the artist N.C. Wyeth, and depicts...

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