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International Model 52 or 53 Bus

Date: 06 12 1925
Description: International Model 52 or 53 motor coach picking up passengers at the Hotel Favorite in downtown Dayton. The bus was owned and operated by the Inter Cities...
Photograph

The Old Powder House

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Description: The Old Powder House, the original site from 1770. A stone building was erected in 1920 in honor of the Pilgrims' descendants and their fight for American ...
Photograph

Statue of Liberty

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Description: Elevated view of the Statue of Liberty and surrounding buildings on Liberty Island. A large ship is docked at the island and the waters of the New York Upp...
Photograph

A New Pope is Born

Date: 03 12 1939
Description: Journalist Cecil Brown, who was reporting for CBS from Rome, Italy, took this picture of the crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican awaiting the coron...
Photograph

Hong Kong Harbor Scene

Date: 09 1951
Description: The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies i...
Photograph

Mabel Tainter Memorial

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Description: Exterior view of the Mabel Tainter Memorial, a Wisconsin State historic site built in 1889. The design was intended to reflect the Richardsonian Romanesque...
Photograph

United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: Part of a United Public Workers parade/demonstration on a downtown city street. A horse-drawn wagon carries some participants. Parade signs read "No Swivel...
Photograph

United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: A United Public Workers parade/demonstration from an adjacent sidewalk. The line of participants including a horse-drawn wagon stretches into the distance....
Photograph

Section of Marquette Suspension Bridge

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Description: "Section of New Prairie du Chien Marquette $1,000,000 Suspension Bridge. Total length 3729 feet. Only suspension bridge on the Mississippi River. Open for ...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district. A creamery on the left. A house on the right with a woman in a rocking chair and two children in front. Some men s...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
Postcard

Redbud Tree at Stonefield Village

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Description: Color postcard featuring the redbud tree at Stonefield Village. The smokehouse is on the left. An automobile is parked in the drive.
Postcard

The Office at the State Farm and Craft Museum

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Description: Color postcard of the Office at the State Farm and Craft Museum at Stonefield Village.
Postcard

American House Bus

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Description: Color postcard of a horse bus in front of the Stonefield Visitors' Center.
Photograph

Pendarvis House

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of Pendarvis House.
Photograph

Mineral Point Railroad Depot

Date: 02 23 2012
Description: Exterior view of the railroad depot building.
Photograph

Conrad Seipp Mansion

Date: 1925
Description: View across streets towards the tower with a steeply pitched roof which anchors the southeast corner of the Conrad Seipp mansion at 3300 South Michigan Ave...
Postcard

Turn Halle

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Description: Photographic postcard view of Turn Halle, a three-story stone building. Caption reads: "Turn Halle, Cedarburg, Wis."
Photograph

Rephotographic Pair: Church

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of a church, presented as a pair.
Postcard

Christ Episcopal Church

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Description: Color view of a church built in 1897 of local stone. Located at 9th and Main. National Historical Register.

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