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Moonlight scene on the Mississippi River, Excursion Steamer "J.S."

Date: 1906
Description: The sternwheel excursion, "J.S." in the moonlight on the Mississippi River taken in 1906.
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Canoeing on Rainbow Lake

Date: 1945
Description: Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes.
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Skywriting Advertisement for Cigarettes

Date: 1923
Description: Advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes that shows the product name being written as a smoke trail above New York City. The campaign was devised for the...
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EAA Acrobatics

Date: 1986
Description: Aerial acrobatics at the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) convention and fly-in at Oshkosh. The EAA encompasses all aspects of sport aviation includ...
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Upper Campus from Library

Date: 1900
Description: The view of Bascom Hill and upper campus of the University of Wisconsin Madison seen from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Stand Pipe in Burlington

Date: 1930
Description: Text reads: "Stand Pipe, Burlington, Wis."
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River View at Night

Date: 1920
Description: View down the river at night. Caption reads: "River View at Night, Menasha, Wis."
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Aerial View of Interstate

Date: 1998
Description: North-facing aerial view of the interchange between Interstates 39/90 and US Routes 12/18 in the southeast of Madison. Femrite Drive can be seen passing be...
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Clark Station

Date: 1962
Description: Clark gasoline station near Brookfield, Wisconsin, which sold gasoline but not service work.
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Armory and Lake Mendota

Date: 1914
Description: Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on Langdon Street, with YMCA (on the left), and Lake Mendota in the background. University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Armory on Langdon Street

Date: 1914
Description: Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on Langdon Street on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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Carillon Tower

Date: 1948
Description: Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The tower entrance is on the right.
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1929
Description: Holiday card with shepherds holding crooks and their sheep in the hills under the Christmas star. The text "Christmas Greetings" appears at the bottom. Let...
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May This Season Find You Happy

Date: 1929
Description: Holiday card with a scene of snow-covered hills, pine trees, the moon and four of Santa's reindeer flying into the sky pulling what is probably a sleigh, ...
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Twas the Night Before Christmas

Date: 1941
Description: Holiday card with a winter nighttime landscape. At the bottom half of the card is a snow-covered house with two pine trees. The roof of a second house is i...
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Devils [sic] Doorway, Looking East, Devils [sic] Lake, Wis.

Date: 12 29 1909
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees are on the left and below. Bluffs, trees, sky and a r...
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Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. The lake, bluffs, trees and sky are visible in the backgrou...
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Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 06 04 1924
Description: Photographic postcard of rocks and trees above the lake in Devil's Lake State Park. Below on the left railroad tracks run along the shoreline. Trees and bl...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Man with cranberry rake harvesting berries on flooded marsh.
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Robert Doyle

Date: 1944
Description: An outdoor casual three-quarter length portrait of Robert Doyle in his war correspondent's uniform. He is holding a cigarette. Sky, clouds and countryside ...

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