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First to Fly — Almost Flying

Date: 1901
Description: Wilbur Wright (standing, second from the right) with Edward C. Huffaker, Octave Chanute, and George Spratt in the workshed. Chanute was a special visitor f...
Book or Pamphlet

Brantford Steel Binders Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Front and back cover of an advertising catalog for A. Harris, Son & Company of Brantford, Canada, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers and reapers. The c...
Photograph

Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Journal sports columnist, Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin and "character about town" relaxes on a park bench.
Photograph

A&W Root Beer Stand

Date: 09 12 1931
Description: A&W Root Beer Stand at 900 South Park Street, with employees in uniforms posing inside and in front of the building.
Photograph

Railroad Workers at Boardinghouse

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of boarders, all railroad shop workers, sitting on the front porch at Mrs. Armour's boarding house. Left to right are: Bill Salsig, Roy Mart...
Photograph

GIs at Warner Beach

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Truax cadets serving as lifeguards while swimming at Warner Beach. Left to right, standing: Karl Peters, George Toothill, John Fink, Norman Finazzo, John O...
Photograph

Moore & Galloway Lumber Company Camp and Workers

Date: 1891
Description: Lumber company workers pose in front of buildings at the Moore & Galloway Lumber Company camp, about a quarter of a mile east of Pike Lake. The man in a wh...
Photograph

Madison's Vilas Park Beach

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: A lifeguard observes swimmers at the beach in Vilas Park. A rowboat used by the lifeguard is on the beach.
Photograph

Labor Lock Out

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Description: United Packinghouse Workers of American representative Bruce Nolan (seated on the stool) speaks to workers at the White Packing Company which had refused t...
Photograph

Fredric March

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Description: Fredric March (seated) with Florence Eldridge (Mrs. March) and the noted news analyst Cecil Brown.
Photograph

George Nelson and Anna Mae Davis

Date: 10 02 1934
Description: George A. Nelson, the Socialist candidate for governor of Wisconsin in the 1934 election, is seated with Anna Mae Davis, a Madison attorney and a local lea...
Photograph

Farmer Filling Seed Planting Trough

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Description: A farmer pours seeds from a canvas bag into the trough of a seed planting machine. A farmhouse, white picket fence, and picnic table with chairs are visibl...
Photograph

Farm Family

Date: 1929
Description: Alvin Steinkopf (left), a Milwaukee journalist, dressed for work on the farm of his parents, Mathilda and Oscar Steinkopf. The Steinkopfs farmed 40 acres n...
Photograph

Pontiac Potatoes

Date: 09 1984
Description: "Milton Retzlaff showed off some huge red Pontiac potatoes including a monster that weighted in at a whopping 2 1/2 pounds. Milton claims the potatoes are ...
Postcard

Union Railroad Depot

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Union Railroad depot. A railroad worker stands on the tracks, one man walks on the platform with his baggage and two men sit on a...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Photographers and their Models

Date: 08 1979
Description: Flashy models received much attention from amateur photographers at the Sentinal Photo Show.
Photograph

Oak Grove Camp Ground

Date: 1927
Description: Four young people standing in front of the main office and general store at the Oak Grove Campground. A sign on a tree reads: "Fresh milk, cream, eggs and ...
Photograph

Elevated View of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view looking down at a group of men posing on the sidewalk in front of a dealership. There is a horse-drawn carriage in front. Signs in the window...
Photograph

Outdoor Group Portrait

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Description: Stereograph of a group portrait of five people, including three men, two women, and an infant, posing on the grass in a wooded area. In the background, on ...

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