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Date: | 07 04 1869 |
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Description: | The Camilla, a wood-burning locomotive that belonged to the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. The locomotive is decorated for the 4th of July, 1869. |
Date: | 08 26 1908 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the third annual outing of the employees of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company (TMERL) at Waukesha Beach. |
Date: | 04 06 1973 |
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Description: | Women picketing at a shopping center, urging others to boycott meat. One woman is wearing a sign on her back that reads: "I'm a farmer's wife." |
Date: | 11 1956 |
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Description: | Russell Jones, facing camera wearing a light trench coat, standing with a group of journalists on a street corner during the fighting in Budapest, Hungary.... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. with a group on his special campaign train. From left to right they are Alfred T. Rogers, La Follette's law partner; Mr. and Mrs... |
Date: | 1964 |
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Description: | Construction begins of the Wisconsin Rotunda at the New York World's Fair. Principals of the project are standing in a group, and include Michael Pender, W... |
Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | Men and boys participate in the Western Rifle Association Tournament. Many of the participants are sitting under umbrellas and holding their guns. Severa... |
Date: | 03 1944 |
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Description: | Wendell Willkie visits with Aaron Martin Brayton, retired editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, on his bed in a local hospital room during Willkie'... |
Date: | 03 25 1944 |
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Description: | Wendell Willkie speaking with Ed Mergen, "Wisconsin State Journal" veteran typesetter in charge of page layout, in the composing room during Willkie's 194... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Elevated view over crowd towards an executive who is speaking to workers assembled by the receiving department at Farmall Works to celebrate the 100,000th ... |
Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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Description: | Photograph of an artistic rendering of a rally held at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886, before the explosion of the bomb. Haymarket Square is at the Inters... |
Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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Description: | A photograph of a painting depicting the bomb exploding at police as they approach the wagon to tell the crowd to disperse from Haymarket Square. Shrapnel ... |
Date: | 1942 |
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Description: | Factory workers at International Harvester's West Pullman Works inspecting 37-millimeter shells. |
Date: | 1876 |
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Description: | Issued as a stereograph on green mount entitled "The Artist." Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The flag on... |
Date: | 1840 |
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Description: | A head and shoulders portrait of Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States from 1837-1841. Born on December 5, 1782 in Columbia, New York, ... |
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Description: | An agent's pay office and council building at the Pawhuska Agency in Oklahoma Territory. A man is standing outside near the entrance. |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Elevated view across street towards the post office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Baraboo, Wis." |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | City Hall, located at 2 W. MIfflin Street, was built from 1856-1858. The architect was August Kutzbock. |
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