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Parade of Wagons Picking Up New McCormick Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of farmers and young children with horse-drawn wagons picking up their new McCormick machinery. They are parked along a rural dir...
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Parade of Wagons Picking Up New McCormick Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of farmers in horse-drawn wagons picking up their new McCormick machinery packed in crates. They are parked along a rural dirt ro...
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Kleinheinz Hall

Date: 04 01 1945
Description: Kleinheinz Hall (old Sheep Barn) at 1815 Linden Drive on University of Wisconsin campus.
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Seeber House

Date: 11 27 1927
Description: View from street towards the Fred Seeber residence.
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Seeber House

Date: 11 27 1927
Description: Fred Seeber residence. Text on image reads: "10" NOKOL — fully automatic. Electric ignition — 1000 gallon steel tank."
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Frame House with Fenced Yard

Date: 1875
Description: View from road down wooden sidewalk which runs adjacent to an elaborate fence along a yard, behind which women stand near the front porch of a frame house ...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Rice Lake

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Rice Lake. A partially constructed building is in the right foreground. Unpaved roads and a sidewalk lead to commercial buildings and dwel...
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Argyle Hotel

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Description: View from across street of a hotel with a brick facade. Many of the windows are open and the curtains are hanging out. There is a pedestrian walking on the...
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: View down street of with commercial buildings and dwellings. There are two carriages parked near a building which has part of a sign visible over the entra...
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Exterior of Bank Building

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of bank building with empty lots on either side. The wording on the door reads, "Banking Hours 9 to 4." A "Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance" sig...
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Johnson Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down Johnson Street. There is a two-story house on the corner on the left. A row of power lines and trees line the street to a bridge in the middle di...
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M.E. Church

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Description: Exterior of the Methodist Evangelical Church. The building features a gable roof, a bell tower, a steeple, and double front doors. On the left is a house a...
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Farmer's Bank

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Description: View from across street of the Farmer's Bank building on a corner. Behind the bank building are wood buildings, one of which has a sign that says, in part,...
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Saloon

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Description: View across road of a man with his horse outside the Bar Room. There is a large circus advertisement with elephants and lions painted on the wall of the bu...
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City View from Water Tower

Date: 02 02 1978
Description: "Water tower view, looking due west."
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City View from Water Tower

Date: 02 02 1978
Description: "Water tower view, looking to the east."
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Excelsior Public School

Date: 1909
Description: View across road of school children and a man and a woman standing in front of the two-story public school. There is a bell tower above the entrance. A num...
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H.A. Bright House

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Description: Elevated view of a woman and two girls posing standing in a yard behind a fence. On the road on the left are two women sitting in a buggy pulled by a singl...
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Ormsby House

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Description: View across road of a boy and dog posed standing at the open gate of a fence in front of a large house. Probably the green house owned by Henry Ormsby on t...

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