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International Model 31 Truck Carrying Eggs in Denmark

Date: 11 20 1922
Description: International model 31 truck owned by Axel Broegaard, an egg buyer, in Karise, Denmark. The truck was carrying 22,000 eggs and was bought from H.C. Peterso...
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The structure was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his childhood friend Robert Lamp. The home's ...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1900
Description: View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count...
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, a vacation home west of Governor's Island, in Lake Mendota. Frank Lloyd Wright served as the architect in the remodeling (in 1901 and 1903) of...
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Ruins of Fort Crawford

Date: 1915
Description: Ruins of Fort Crawford. A windmill is in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Ruins of Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wis."
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1913
Description: Rocky Roost, a cottage, which was located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The cottage was designed and built in 1893 (according to Taliesin Asso...
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1915
Description: Rocky Roost, located west of Governor's Island, Lake Mendota. Robert Lamp, in 1902, had his friend Frank Lloyd Wright design a cottage to be called "Rocky ...
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 04 22 1911
Description: Front view of Pythian Orphans' Home and a large crowd in front of the main building. The shield over the entrance reads, "F C B," standing for the motto of...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1903
Description: Cyanotype of the southeast elevation of Hillside Home School in winter. The Romeo and Juliet windmill is on a hill in the background. A field and fence are...
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South Wayne Depot

Date: 1911
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the South Wayne depot, with an oncoming train in the distance. Railroad cars are parked on tracks behind the depot. On th...
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Stitzer Depot and Train

Date: 1921
Description: View down side of railroad tracks towards the depot, with a locomotive and passenger cars arriving. People are standing on the platform. In the background ...
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Homemade Motorboat on the Beach

Date: 03 02 1945
Description: A homemade motorboat on the beach on Tarawa Atoll in the South Pacific. Robert Doyle notes that "belly tanks" were used in the boat construction. A buildin...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1911
Description: A view of the depot and yards. A windmill and water tower in the distance. Carts with sacks of flour and milk cans next to the depot. Signs for Western Uni...
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View of Pinega Settlement

Date: 1918
Description: View over frozen expanse, probably the Pinega River, of the Pinega settlement in northern Russia. Buildings and a windmill are along the shoreline.
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Pinega Settlement

Date: 1918
Description: View over frozen expanse, probably the Pinega River, of the Pinega settlement in northern Russia. There are many wooden structures and dwellings along a lo...
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Ox-Drawn Wagons

Date: 1915
Description: View down road towards people with two ox-drawn wagons. There are large buildings and a windmill in the background.
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Baptist Church, Honey Creek

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of a church. Buildings, possibly homes, as well as a windmill are in the background.
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Grain Delivery Truck

Date: 04 14 1928
Description: A grain delivery truck pulling a trailer. Sacks of grain are stacked on the open truck bed and the trailer.
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Maple Avenue

Date: 10 28 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Maple Ave., Sawyer, Wis." A view of an unpaved street with a church and other buildings on the right. On the left is a path, fence an...
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Outagamie County Fair

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." Elevated view of fairgoers at the grounds with horses, buggies and automobiles. An exhibit building is on the lef...

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