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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters on the ground spraying water from a fire hose. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of wooden boats at Raspberry Island (or Devils Island) dock with picnickers on shore. The "Lizzie W' and Nelson Angus, A.G. Hull, Elsie Tough... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two women aboard the Hull family boat, the "Lizzie W.," while it is tied to shore at one of the Apostle Islands. |
| Date: | 05 10 1917 |
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| Description: | Farmer pulling a Deering double disc harrow with four horses in a field. A lake, trees and houses are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i... |
| Date: | 07 15 1911 |
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| Description: | The S.S. Harvester on the building ways before launching. The ship was built for the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harveste... |
| Date: | 03 16 1919 |
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| Description: | View showing the flood conditions on city streets from the 1919 Flood on the Trempealeau River. Four men are surveying the damage. Caption reads: "Highwate... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The pond at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright dammed a small stream on the property to create a water garden and to ensure water could be se... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The pond at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright referred to the pond as a water garden. The pond was created when a stream on the property was... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Millpond with several buildings and horses in the middle ground, and more buildings in the background. Trees are visible throughout. Text at lower left rea... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the north shore of Delavan Lake with a lighthouse in the background. Also known as "Red Top" and "L.P. Sutter's." Caption reads: North Shore, Delav... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Inlet Bridge on Delavan Lake. Caption reads: "Inlet Bridge, Delavan Lake". |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Colorized aerial view of isthmus looking northwest over the Wisconsin State Capitol. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View, Madison, Wis., and State Capitol." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (St. Paul District) boatyards. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View of Fountain City from the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of a mill on the bank of a river, and an adjacent dam. Caption at bottom reads: "Scene At Picturesque Friendship, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Genoa along the Mississippi River. Scene of the last battle between the United States forces and the Native Americans under Chief Black Ha... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of docks with ships tied up for the winter. The Reiss coal yard is in the background. |
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