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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...
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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
Postcard

Employers Mutuals Insurance Company Building

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Description: View across lawn toward the Employers Mutuals Insurance Company Building. Caption reads: "Employers Mutuals Insurance Company Building, Wausau, Wis."
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Taliesin

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and studio after its reconstruction in 1914-1915 and before its partial destruction by fire in 19...
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Demolition of University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Hall

Date: 1885
Description: View down Bascom Hill of Science Hall (1876-1884) in the process of being demolished.
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Golden Guernsey Dairy Delivery Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A milkman stands inside a Golden Guernsey Dairy delivery truck loading bottles into a carrier. The truck is parked at a curb and a house is in the backgrou...
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Frank King Sculpting

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Description: Frank O. King at home. He is working just outside the door to his sculpture studio at Folly Farm.
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August Derleth and Group

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Description: Wisconsin writer August Derleth, wearing a boldly patterned sweater and sitting with an unidentified group on a lawn in front of a house. Probably friends ...
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The Newsboy Statue and Fountain

Date: 1895
Description: View of a statue and fountain in a grassy park depicting a boy selling a newspaper. Installed in 1895 and funded by Colonel William L. Brown, the statue c...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the Unity House. On the left are two women reading in swings fastened to a large tree. A covered walkway behind them leads to the h...
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Worker's Unity House

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Description: View over fence and lawn toward the Unity House. Four women are sitting in the covered walkway that leads to the covered, wraparound veranda. There are tr...
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Worker's Unity House

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Description: View down driveway toward the house. Along the right is a vine-covered fence. People are standing in the driveway, and women are sitting in chairs on the c...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn with a fountain and flowers toward the facade of the house. The covered, wraparound veranda has four columns, and there are stone foundati...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View down driveway toward the house. The dirt path diverges on both sides of the house, leaving a grassy area that includes flowers, a fountain, trees, and...
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Workers' Unity House Entrance and Drive

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Description: View toward the covered entrance and covered pathway. Above the roof is sign that reads, in reverse: "Welcome." To the right is a large structure, probably...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View down fence-lined road towards the covered entrance and walkway. A two-story house is in the background on the right. A fence is along the dirt path, w...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View up driveway toward a house and covered walkway. A fence is along the road, and two women walking up to the house, where a group of women are sitting o...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Elevated view of the house, with the covered walkway on the left. Chairs are on the second floor porch of the house.
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the Cottage, with separate housing next door to the right, and the covered walkway. Two people are walking under the walkway. The s...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward Cottage U. Shrubs grow close to the porch, with tress in the lawn. A chair is on the upper veranda.

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