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H.H. Bennett on "Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: H.H. Bennett and men posing on bow of "Dell Queen" steamboat. There are two men with violins, one with a harp.
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H.H. Bennett on "Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: H.H. Bennett and group of men posing on bow of "Dell Queen" steamboat. There are two men with violins, one with a harp.
Postcard

Stevens Point Railroad Bridge

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Description: Colorized view depicting the Wisconsin Central Railroad bridge at Stevens Point, with several men standing on top of the bridge painting the structure. Cap...
Photograph

Fredric March

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Description: Fredric March (seated) with Florence Eldridge (Mrs. March) and the noted news analyst Cecil Brown.
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Under Water Packing Crate Escape

Date: 1914
Description: Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub...
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Dorothy Schoenbrun

Date: 1967
Description: Villagers near Phat Diem gathered to watch American Dorothy Schoenbrun sketching near an irrigation canal. Mrs. Schoenbrun was accompanying her husband, jo...
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Photographer at Parade

Date: 1964
Description: "Mayville photographer, Edgar G. Mueller, covers a parade in Theresa."
Print

West Side Fuel Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the West Side Fuel Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with cartoon-style drawings, printed in black ink, of workers mining coal with a pi...
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Blackhawk Country Club Western Party

Date: 07 20 1957
Description: Quartet of singing cowboys at Blackhawk Country Club Western Ranch Party. Left to right: Dr. George Oosterhous, Dr. George Benson, Robert Lievan, John Ko...
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Delivery Truck Parked in Front of City Skyline and Ships

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of an International Harvester model MA-1500 Metro delivery truck is parked on a bridge overlooking a body of water and a city skyline, likely...
Print

The New Cabin

Date: 1937
Description: Linoleum cut engraved view of men building a log cabin. One man carries a log in the background near a lake or river, while another man nails a log held in...
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Car Ferry Barges No. 1

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Description: View from shoreline of a barge with four men standing on the deck. The ferry is carrying a large load.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
Photograph

Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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Photographer on Pier

Date: 08 1925
Description: A photographer is crouching on a wooden pier behind a small camera on a tripod to film C.B. (Chandler Burnell) Chapman, a realtor and good friend of Stanle...
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We Saw You . . . at Water Follies

Date: 08 1955
Description: Water comedian, Eddie Rose, of the Sam Snyder's Water Follies performing his routine jumping off a high-level diving board during a show at Breese Stevens ...

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