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Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | A gathering of iceboats and their captains on Lake Mendota. |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | An unidentified man demonstrates his unsuccessful bird wing-like mechanism, which was part of an experiment in aviation. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline. |
Date: | 08 24 1929 |
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Description: | A farmer is standing in a tobacco field, with crop ready to harvest. Farm buildings are in the background. |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge... |
Date: | 12 1905 |
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Description: | Edgar and Jennie Krueger are sitting on the front porch of the Krueger home with an Edison Standard phonograph sitting on a chair between them. Two Edison ... |
Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | Ashley Bennett, son of photographer H.H. Bennett, is captured in mid-air as he jumps to Stand Rock. |
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Description: | Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian deer hunt on snow shoes. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Gypsy Rose Lee (aka Louise Hovick, 1914-1970) with a large muskie she caught in a northern Wisconsin lake. |
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Description: | World War II Harley-Davidson Army Models mounted by ever-alert Military Police, wearing uniforms and armed with guns. |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Nine girls are posing standing and wearing patriotic costumes. One girl is holding a flag of the United States. Probably a smaller group, from a total of t... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Text on front reads: "Main Street Looking South, Lone Rock, Wis." Unpaved street with sidewalks, dwellings and buildings on both sides. Horse drawn vehicle... |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr... |
Date: | 1939 |
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Description: | View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | The 600 block of Williamson Street ("Machinery Row") with the old Fauerbach Brewery in the background. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Steamboat on Long Lake owned by Lorenzo Newman of Chippewa Falls. It is anchored at Newman Peninsula on Long Lake near a wet boathouse. The boat was operat... |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | Elevated view of railroad tracks and several houses. Several railroad employees are doing repair work on the tracks, and one man is riding on a handcar. Be... |
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Description: | Winter view of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Valley village. |
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Description: | Elevated view of lumber camp with loggers posing in front of a train loaded with logs. |
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