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Red Devil Airplane

Date: 1910
Description: An exhibition airplane on display inside a tent at Dixon, Illinois, thought to be a "Red Devil," plane designed by Thomas A. Baldwin.
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Tourist Camp, Lakeside Park, Lake Winnebago

Date: 1934
Description: Tourist camp at Lakeside Park on Lake Winnebago.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Showing Off the Corn

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a man, wearing a bow tie and straw boater hat, sitting on top of a giant ear of corn. A crowd of onlookers gather around the man, suggestin...
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Crowd at Sporting Event

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Description: View from track towards a crowd of men, women, and children in front of and behind a fence at a sporting event. On the left, a man who is possibly a police...
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Tourist Camp, Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Colorized postcard of a tourist camp at Devil's Lake State Park. Features a scene of men, women and children among picnic tables, automobiles. Tents are pi...
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Camp Scene

Date: 07 19 1925
Description: Colorized postcard of a camp scene on a lawn. In the background is a bluff. Several people can be seen standing near the tents among the trees. Caption rea...
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Soldiers Arriving at Camp

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Description: A colorized postcard of soldiers in uniform arriving at camp, marching in a column. They have bedrolls and weapons over their shoulders. Trees and tents ar...
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Camp Scene from High Rock

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Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of a camp scene. Tents are pitched in rows with roads in between. Soldiers are walking along the roads. Two sold...
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Greeting Camp Douglas

Date: 07 08 1907
Description: Colorized postcard of a group of women visiting soldiers in a camp. They are sitting on folding chairs next to a tent. One soldier is sitting with the wome...
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First Peace Council ever Held between Chippewas and Siouxs

Date: 1896
Description: Colored postcard view of "Buffalo Bill" Cody center right in white coat and hat surrounded by Native Americans in traditional garb, military personnel and ...
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East Shore Bohner's Lake

Date: 1909
Description: View of a camp by Bohner's Lake. Caption reads: "East Shore Bohner's Lake, Burlington."
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Wire Grass Men

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a group of men and boys gathered for a meal in a tent. There are benches along the sides of the table. One man sits on a wooden bo...
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Thompson Tent Show

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. A tent, a tall wagon and a truck that runs the generator are set up in a field or park with houses and tre...
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Neal's Camp Somewhere in Michigan

Date: 02 14 1913
Description: View of a campsite with two tents. One man is kneeling near a campfire blowing smoke over a tent and a line of clothes. Two other men are sitting nearby.
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Governor Davidson and Staff

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Description: Governor James O. Davidson (sitting second from the left), outdoors in front of a tent with six other men, three standing and three sitting. There is a whi...
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Chautauqua Grounds, Chetek

Date: 1908
Description: Hand-colored scene of a campsite in the woods with several tents. Men are sitting in chairs in the tent on the left. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Grounds, Ch...
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Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair

Date: 09 1914
Description: Elevated view of a small sample of "4000 cars" parked at the Great Fair. Caption reads: "Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair, Elkhorn, Sept. ...
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Jefferson Fair

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a community fair with tents set up for exhibits. Two buildings with signs are just beyond the tents on the midway, with signs that read, o...
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Tents at Camp Douglas

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of tents at Camp Douglas. A few soldiers are among the tents. A large, rocky hill is in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Birdseye...
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Firefighters

Date: 1908
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of firefighters walking down a tent-lined street in downtown Lake Mills. A banner reads: "Wellcome Firefighters."

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