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| Description: | View across lawn towards two log structures among trees, and an ox-drawn wagon on the left side of the building in the front. Postcard text reads: "DR. ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Foil-covered portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen is seated and wearing a tiara... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Portrait of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria of Spain. He is standing and wearing a military dress uniform with sword, and she is sitting and wearing a... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain. He is posing in a coat and boots and is holding a hat. His signature is... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of several adults and children. Caption reads: "Winnebago Family and white visitors, 'John Canoe' and his family of two children." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a hat. Caption reads: "Chief 'McSauby', Charlevoix, Mich." |
| Date: | 02 1938 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of a man wearing a feathered headdress and holding a tomahawk. Caption on back reads: "Chief Greenhill, 'Jim Goose,' Chippewa Tribe, Cass... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A class portrait of high school students seated at desks. There are two adults, most likely teachers, standing behind them by a chalkboard. Written on the ... |
| Date: | 05 09 1969 |
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| Description: | A postcard sent to Paul Buhle at 1237 Spaight Street, Madison, WI 53703 with a typed message on the back, and signed "Franklin." . There is an image of Che... |
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| Description: | Elevated view over roofs of farm buildings toward the Blue Ridge Mountains. Handwritten at bottom: "Blue Ridge Mts." |
| Date: | 07 14 1909 |
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| Description: | View looking down on fenced fields, with some harvested bundles of what may be hay. There are two reapers parked near the fence. In the distance are mounta... |
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| Description: | View of a man standing in a field holding a sheaf of grain. In the background is a water tower near a building and a smokestack. |
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| Description: | View from lawn towards the arched foot bridge and drive at Tenney Park. A young man is standing on the bridge. Caption reads: "Foot Bridge in Tenney Park, ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Pines, Dells of the Wisconsin River." View from rocky shoreline towards the lodge at The Pines Resort, perched above the shore be... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Swallows' Nests, Wisconsin Dells. Every summer hundreds of swallows make their homes in holes in the soft sandstone cliff." Rock fo... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Real Photo Postcard." A group of sightseers wave to the camera as they travel under a bridge and through a tree shaded gorge in a Duc... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Red Bird Gorge." A water and land vehicle, called a Duck, squeezes through a narrow gorge full of trees and foliage. A bridge above s... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Palisades, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Handwritten message on the back reads: "Rocks!" A tall rock formation with trees growin... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wis. Dells, Kilbourn, Wis." Rock formations and trees line the shores of the Wisconsin River through the Dells. Kilbourn City was f... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Going Through the Narrows, Picturesque Wisconsin Dells." On reverse: "Here the river is only 52 feet wide and is over 150 feet deep. ... |
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