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Ho-Chunk Ceremonial Performers

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Description: Ho-Chunk ceremonial performers posing on the sandy riverbank in front of a steamboat and rock formation.
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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
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Brown's Piano Truck

Date: 1921
Description: A driver sitting in the cab of an International piano delivery truck for Brown's Store. In the back of the truck are two large wooden crates, one presumabl...
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

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Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
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The Original Dodge City Cowboy Band

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Description: Group portrait of the members of the original Dodge City Cowboy Band, organized 1881-1882. Band members hold musical instruments, and a banner stands behin...
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Holter Studio

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Description: Wood carver Jerry Holter outside his studio in Clam Lake.
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Locomotive Engine No. 632

Date: 1886
Description: Right side view of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 632.
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Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down road towards three workers standing on the porch of an auto repair shop. The shop offers Red Crown Gasoline, Peerless Motor Oil, and Firestone ti...
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Decorated Engine No. 294

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Description: Side view of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine no. 294, which is decorated with antlers above the headlight, a miniature cannon mounted above th...
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Engine No. 404

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Description: View down railroad tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 404, class B4. Standing next to the locomotive is engineer Louis Peterso...
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Art Fair

Date: 1955
Description: Prospective buyers examine artwork at an art fair at City Park.
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl...
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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "A Channel 6 reporter-photographer interviews Dodge County Sheriff, Stephen Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald coordinated security around the crash scene."
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Voting Rights Protesters

Date: 1964
Description: View towards sidewalk of a line of demonstrators carrying signs during a Freedom Summer civil rights demonstration. A man walking along the sidewalk holds ...
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Main Street

Date: 1922
Description: View down center of Main Street with cobblestones. There is a railroad crossing in the foreground. Service garages are on the left and right corners. Parke...
Print

Menu for the Forty-Ninth Annual Dinner of the American Paper and Pulp Association

Date: 02 25 1926
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the booklet printed for the Forty-ninth Annual Dinner of the American Paper and Pulp Association at the Waldorf Astoria H...
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Kickapoo Oil Offices

Date: 1985
Description: Exterior view of the Kickapoo Oil Company's corporate offices. A carved wood totem pole stands in front of the building. Headquartered in Hillsboro, the co...
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Need Two Tickets

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View down grassy lawn bordered by trees towards two men wearing suits who are walking along a metal barricade blocking the sidewalk and street on the righ...
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Katy Tur Covering the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: NBC news correspondent Katy Tur is standing outdoors and speaking into a microphone. She is reporting on the Donald Trump rally. A camera operator is stand...
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The Spring Green Restaurant

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Description: A car is driving up an inclined road to a parking lot. A red metal sculptural sign in the foreground reads: "The Spring Green."

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