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Shelling Peas

Date: 1910
Description: The photographer's wife, Clothilde, far right, and children, from left, Margaret, Alice, Helen, and Ferdinand Leonard, in a rustic gazebo on the grounds of...
Photograph

Lief Eriksson Statue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a statue in Juneau Park, created by American sculptor Anne Whitney in 1887. The statue is a replica of the original which resides in Boston, Massac...
Photograph

Crowds at Wisconsin State Fair

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

Dam on Rock River

Date: 03 1990
Description: "A huge build-up of foam occurred below the dam on the Rock River."
Photograph

Winter River Scene

Date: 11 28 1992
Description: "This dam was constructed in 1917. Costs were funded by voluntary contributions totaling $206. Those who did not contribute were expected to donate their...
Photograph

Memorial Park

Date: 1926
Description: View down path of Memorial Park. A pavilion in the center is surrounded by bushes and plants.
Photograph

Children Playing on Fallen Tree

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Description: View across open field towards children standing on a downed tree near the racetrack. There are buildings, a fence and a pavilion behind the tree.
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Cyclists at Starting Line

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Description: Cyclists at the starting line of a race near the judges' stand. Each cyclist has a man standing next to him holding the bike upright for the start of the r...
Photograph

Scene at Country Fair

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Description: Elevated view of the scene at the country fair. In the foreground a crowd is gathered near a pavilion near the racetrack. In the background on the right is...
Postcard

Recreation Pavilion, Gordon Lodge on North Bay

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Description: Photographic postcard view across large manicured lawn of the stone building on Lake Michigan. The tree-lined far shoreline is in the background. Caption r...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 110-115

Date: 
Description: I'll show you all the imported graces
and you shall see New Fontainebleau
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 297-303

Date: 
Description: The buildup of Answers took many years

On Saturday the band was stilled
and Monday morning they tore it down
leaving front and back of another...
Print

Kaye's Park House Dinner Menu

Date: 08 24 1882
Description: Front cover and menu page from Kaye's Park House, with a lakeside view of the hotel, a paddlewheel steamboat, people in rowboats or standing by a Kaye's Pa...
Photograph

Shelter at Bernard's Park

Date: 1930
Description: View across lawn towards a large shelter at Bernard's Park filled with people. Other people relax at picnic tables in under trees in the foreground.
Photograph

Summer Cottages

Date: 05 16 1908
Description: View across water of the summer cottages on Maple Bluff.
Photograph

Nighttime View of the Mayville Park Pavilion

Date: 09 1957
Description: Loehrke/Zastrow wedding. The Mayville Park Pavilion is reflected in the Rock River.
Photograph

Homestead Act Applicants Waiting in Line

Date: 12 18 1890
Description: Elevated view looking down at homestead applicants waiting in line for 2-3 days in winter cold before a window in the Marathon County Court House, Dec. 18-...
Photograph

Lakeside Croquet Game

Date: 1880
Description: Lakeside lawn set up for croquet game and garden pavilion at the estate, "Sunnybank." A man sits in the grass with two children. On the right in the backgr...
Photograph

Octagonal Bandstand

Date: 1960
Description: Bandstand and old Town Hall in the park.
Photograph

Arbor Day

Date: 05 1997
Description: Arbor Day activities for school children at Theresa Fireman's Park: a light lunch, a slide presentation, and the planting of two trees.

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