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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, Quincy, tied up at the levee. Bridge in background. Later named J.S. Caption reads: "Steamer Quincy at Levee, La... |
| Date: | 11 17 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized view depicting men and women office workers taking a break in a celebratory mode. Two of the women are taking a sheet off the calendar on the wal... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski (who can barely be seen here in his Lincoln Beachey checkered cap), his mechanic, and onlookers attempting to ready his Curtiss pusher for fl... |
| Date: | 09 05 1913 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's first air fatality was P.C. Davis, an exhibition pilot from Chicago, who died as a result of injuries sustained during an aerial performance in... |
| Date: | 08 11 1911 |
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| Description: | Souvenir postcard sent to Harriet O'Shea of Madison from an unidentified friend who attended the Chicago International Aviation Meet. The Chicago meet, whi... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of a group of people in a large model launch with an American flag. Caption reads: "On Mendota Lake near University of Wisconsin-Madison Boat House." |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A souvenir postcard from the 1935 National Model Airplane Championship that featured illustrations of racing planes powered by Shell aviation gasoline such... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Two forest rangers are posing on horseback. Handwritten on front: "Forest Rangers at Trout Lake Station." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard depicting the traditional St. Nicholas figure garbed in a long purple fur-trimmed robe, red fur-trimmed hat and boots. He is pushing a whe... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Top image on Place File card. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View, Camp Ra... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Souvenir postcard from the Paris Exposition of 1900 in Paris, France, showing the "McCormick Building." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a football game at Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Spectators are standing and sitting in the stands in the f... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of Alma across the Mississippi River, with a man in a rowboat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma, Wisconsin, from the Mississippi." |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View down drive toward the gymnasium. Caption reads: "Alexander Gymnasium, Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Composite image of "Packerland U.S.A." including prominent attractions: Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, NFL Football team; the Brown County A... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Lambeau Field, home the Green Bay Packers football team, with a full parking lot. The capacity of the stadium at the time of this photograp... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of the country club building. Caption reads: "Riverview Country Club, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 01 11 1906 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the gymnasium. Caption reads: "Beloit College Gymnasium, Beloit, Wis." |
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