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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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War Products Exhibit at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1942
Description: Storefront war products exhibit at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. A sign on the window reads: "Mud pies. Today is serious business! This fou...
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Hill's Dry Goods Store Interior

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: "Cotton Lane" in Hill's Dry Goods Store, 202 State Street, featuring two models, wearing dresses, standing in niches on either side of an arch, with the wo...
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Returning Soldiers Crowd Entrance to Large Hall

Date: 1898
Description: View from across street of the exterior of a large hall with plate glass windows welcoming returning troops from the Spanish-American War. Soldiers and oth...
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The Susquehanna Hotel

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Description: View from street towards men, women, and a dog or puppy, standing along the wrap-around porch of the Susquehanna Hotel. The street or yard on the left of t...
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Funchase Amusement Pier

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Description: Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T...
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Ventriloquism Act

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Description: Ben Bergor, Madison magician, ventriloquist, and entertainment agent, performing with Jerry O'Reilly at a farm show. With Bergor is his wife Alva who often...
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Straightjacketed Escape

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Description: View from street of Madison magician Ben Bergor being raised feet first (upside down) and in a straightjacket to perform an escape act outside a LaCrosse, ...
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"The Milwaukee Leader" Newspaper

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Description: A large group portrait of people posing in front of "The Milwaukee Leader" newspaper established in December of 1911 by Victor L. Berger. He can be seen te...
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Plum Grove School, Class Photo

Date: 02 12 1900
Description: Front Row: Edyth Jobe, Joe Nunamaker, Tommy Bradshaw, Bob Winnett, Jack Williams, Alex Nunamaker, Lee Winnett, and Ethel Baumgartner. Second Row: Cora Jobe...
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Milwaukee Women's Suffrage Office

Date: 06 1912
Description: Two women seated at desks with typewriters in an office. A calendar on the wall indicates it is June 1912. Another poster advertises speakers in support of...
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Group Portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers

Date: 1930
Description: Large group portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers showing men, women, and a few children on the front steps of, and in front of, a brick and browns...
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Group Portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers

Date: 1930
Description: Large group portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers Association showing men, women, and a few children on the front steps of, and in front of, a bric...
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John Edmunds' Charter Oak Grist Mill

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Description: view of a woman, two girls, and a boy posed on the porch of a two-story wooden building, probably the John Edmunds' Charter Oak grist mill built on Squaw C...
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Theresa State Bank Employees

Date: 04 1980
Description: "Theresa Bank employees from left are Sal Beck, Suzy Erdman, Gene Koll, and Dick Lux."
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MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked in front of the Hotel Loraine on West Washington Avenue. The YMCA can be seen on the right. The "Trackless...
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Pawnee Bill's Circus Parade

Date: 07 28 1901
Description: View down Main Street, facing east, during Pawnee Bill's Circus Wild West Parade.
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Three Bicyclists in front of Schumann's Store

Date: 04 25 1941
Description: Theresa Manderino [Mandarino?], Vincenza Raimond, and Mary Baldarotta [Baldarotto?] resting and posing on a low wall in front of Schumann's Store, as part ...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Catherine LaBruzzo

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with the winner of the Best Garden competition in the Junior Girls category, Catherine L...
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Commercial Hotel

Date: 06 28 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand...

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