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Drawing of Tracy Theater

Date: 03 12 1930
Description: Architectural drawing of Tracy Theater in Platteville, Wisconsin, Livermore & Barnes architects.
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Plaque at State Mining School

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the plaque on a maple tree outside the State Mining School. It reads: "Planted April 1869 by Professor Charles H. Allen, Professor Duncan McGrego...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View looking down center of Main Street, with horse-drawn vehicles. Caption reads: "On Main Street, Platteville, Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1929
Description: View looking down sidewalk on the left of Main Street. A sign in the foreground reads: "Iowa Oil Co."
Postcard

City Hall

Date: 1915
Description: A view of City Hall, erected in 1883. Caption reads: "City Hall, Platteville, Wis."
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Platteville Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The brick building at 340 South Chestnut Street, was built around 1930. It resembled the house-with-canopy-type station commonly constructed throughout the...
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Tyler House

Date: 1926
Description: A reproduction of an early print of a long, two-story wooden building with a front porch identified as the Tyler House. A man drives a horse-drawn wagon in...
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Quonset Hut

Date: 05 1981
Description: Quonset hut at Len's Feed and Fuel, North Third Street at East Furnace Street.
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Local Centennial

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, standing between a man and woman next to an automobile. The woman has her arm around Margaret's waist. Margaret is we...
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Midshipman Letterhead

Date: 11 24 1861
Description: Letterhead of midshipman using a hammer for nailing the American flag to the mast, a symbol that they will not lower the flag in surrender. 4 page, folded,...
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Wooden Bicycle "Crabtree Special"

Date: 1891
Description: Wooden bicycle on display against a wall at the Wisconsin State Historical Museum, circa 1920. It is known as the "Crabtree Special" because it was reporte...

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