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| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Jean Nicolet (1598-1642) was the first European to see Wisconsin and was a prominent French explorer who, for many years, lived among the Indians of Quebec... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart... |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Indians on horseback along river with Indian grave on hill in background. |
| Date: | 06 20 1931 |
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| Description: | Nine members of the junior and senior class at the University of Wisconsin are sitting in a semi-circle dressed as Native Americans. They are smoking the p... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | A large group of well-dressed people are standing aboard three small steamboats on Lake Monona. The boat in the foreground is a barge with a sternwheel. Th... |
| Date: | 05 17 1870 |
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| Description: | A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." Spectators sit on the railroad bed at Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Ceremonial performers in traditional Indian costume pose near a steamboat. |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day postcard of woman sitting on the beach with Cupid standing behind her holding a quiver of arrows. She is wearing a bathing costume and cap.... |
| Date: | 05 17 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people gather on the banks of a river. Behind them, a band plays on a boat in the river. |
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| Description: | Christmas greeting card depicting the Benton-Franklin Inter-county bridge over the Columbia River connecting Kennewick and Pasco, Washington. A riverboat a... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Front and back of a postcard sent from Agnes to William (Bill) Quinney. The front features a print of the Cliffs of Dover in pastel tones while, on the ba... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard of four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1952 |
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| Description: | Twelve children are shown in the water at the village beach at the start of the balloon race. A boy is standing on a raft behind the group, and the shoreli... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a man loading Christmas trees on a sled drawn by two horses. A dog runs in front of them. The sun is setting over a lake or pond with trees... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with two flamingos standing in a stream with water lilies. Palm trees are on the banks. The right edge is die cut. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of the Sister Bay lakeshore. Three figures are on the shore. Two boathouses, a covered boat, a pier, and two upright boats are in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the image of a bell. Inside is a scene of a lake with a cottage on the shore. There is a boat on the lake and a church on the opposite sh... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card showing a military camp with three soldiers standing together gazing at the Christmas star. Two tents are pitched under two trees on the shore... |
| Date: | 07 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Attending the Mendota Yacht Club beachcombers party are, left to right: Philip and Dorothy Sawin, and John Esch who are enjoying a snack while sitting on r... |
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