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Irish Milk Boy

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Description: A young boy drives a donkey-powered cart with a large milk can as cargo in Fermoy, Ireland.
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Prentice Park, Mammoth Spring

Date: 1930
Description: Six girls sit on a stone wall beside Mammoth Spring in Prentice Park.
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Portrait of a Woman

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Description: A portrait of a woman, possibly Sarah Jones, wife of William Arthur Jones. She is sitting on a wooden railing and behind her is a stone wall.
Poster

Milwaukee Wine Importer Ad

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Description: Chromolithographed advertising poster of the Herman Toser Co., of Milwaukee, importers of wines and liquors. The poster depicts a young Italian woman in tr...
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Taliesin

Date: 1915
Description: View of several people posing near the pond and spillway on the grounds of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex. Talie...
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Taliesin

Date: 1925
Description: View of a man standing near the pond and spillway on the grounds of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex. Taliesin is ...
Print

Salisbury House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Salisbury house, with a horse-drawn wagon located to the left side of the home and William Salisbury, John Salisbury, Mrs. William Sal...
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Carnegie Library

Date: 1937
Description: View of Carnegie Library on the corner of South Main Street and West Messenger, Rice Lake. Pedestrians are crossing the street, automobiles are parked alon...
Postcard

Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
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Myles Horton with Typewriter

Date: 1934
Description: Myles Horton sitting, shirtless, typing on a typewriter on his lap while sitting outdoors.
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Spring on Lake Mendota

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Description: View of a large spring on Lake Mendota, to the west of the University of Wisconsin. A man crouches at the stone wall surrounding the spring, and a small bu...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Bear Chasing Boy up Tree

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Description: View of a boy perched in a tree with a bear standing at the base while a dog looks on. In the background are stone walls and a house.
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Spinning Wool

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Description: View of woman sitting with spinning wheel, bulk wool and a yarn winder by a stone wall with a cooking fireplace in it. Plants grow on the ground nearby, th...
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Historical Marker at the Birthplace of the Rhode Island Red Chicken

Date: 1915
Description: A man and woman are sitting in a carriage that has been pulled to the side of the road. They are looking at a historical marker under a tree. The Rhode...
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Trying to Ride a Bucking Bronco

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a ranch hand riding a bucking horse. To the left is a man or boy standing near the stone wall enclosure. In the background are hi...
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Wall Street in a Country Town

Date: 1895
Description: Street level view of a dirt road through a country town with pedestrians looking on, a horse-drawn carriage approaching and the facades of a few brick and ...
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Street Corner in Bermuda

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Description: The apex of two streets in a densely built town in Bermuda. Five boys relax by a stone wall and small tree, and rooftops stretch into the distance down the...
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Alligator Attack

Date: 1903
Description: Humorous posed photograph of a woman in a wagon being attacked by an alligator. The alligator is stuffed and propped against the side of the wagon. The wom...
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Sing Sing Prison

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Description: A interior view of a cell block. Cells line the left side, with five levels visible. Long rectangular windows line the wall to the right. Two men, presuma...

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