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Lighted Jack-o-Lanterns

Date: 10 31 1986
Description: Parents with children at a carved pumpkin, or jack-o-lantern, display on lawn on Halloween night.
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Revelers Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 1933
Description: Men and women celebrating the end of Prohibition, around a table with bottles of various alcoholic beverages. They are holding a sign that reads: "In Compl...
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McCormick Daisy Reaper at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick Daisy reaper on display in the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company exhibit at the Paris Exposition in France.
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International Harvester Dealership in Russia

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior of an International Harvester dealership building in Barnaul, Russia. The street outside the dealership is snow-covered. A hay rake and a plow are...
Print

Woman Peeling Potatoes in front of TV

Date: 1956
Description: "All To Myself" brochure for the NBC Matinee Theater with a woman sitting front of the television peeling potatoes with her shoes off. There is an outline ...
Photograph

Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and his father, Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1924
Description: Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., on the right, in discussion with his son, Robert M. La Follette, Jr. This photograph was taken during the same yea...
Photograph

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
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August Derleth at His Desk

Date: 1942
Description: Author August Derleth surrounded by books at his desk.
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McCormick Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using two horses to pull a McCormick mower through a field, probably in or around Boston. Piles of what appear to be hay are in the background.
Print

Moline-Universal Tractor Specifications

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Moline-Universal Model D tractor featuring a color illustration of the machine and a listing of its specifications.
Photograph

Walking Land Dredge

Date: 1920
Description: Mobile “walking” land dredge. A few men in work clothes stand posing at the front of the dredge, and four other men wearing suits pose in the suspended dre...
Photograph

Portrait of Vernon Thomson

Date: 04 13 1954
Description: Casual portrait of Vernon Thomson seated at his desk in the State Capitol. A map of Wisconsin is mounted on the wall behind his desk. Thomson served as the...
Book or Pamphlet

Dawson Trail Journal Cover

Date: 1911
Description: The brown leather cover of a journal compiled by Howard Greene. It is stamped in gold with the title "The Gang on the Dawson Trail, 1911." The actual Daws...
Book or Pamphlet

Tower to Ranier Journal Cover

Date: 1915
Description: The brown leather cover of Howard Greene's travel journal. The title, "Pack and Paddle from Tower to Ranier" is stamped on the leather in gold.
Book or Pamphlet

Rainy Lake Region Journal Cover

Date: 1910
Description: The brown leather cover of the journal of Howard Greene's Rainy Lake canoe trip. The title "The Gang in the Rainy Lake Region, 1910" is stamped onto the le...
Photograph

Foxhounds

Date: 08 1931
Description: Two unidentified men wearing traditional hunting dress, including hunt caps, are riding horses with a pack of foxhounds in a rocky meadow. There is a fence...
Photograph

Staff of Chicago Daily Socialist

Date: 1909
Description: Staff of Chicago Daily Socialist working at desks in a large, open room. Caption reads: "Staff of Chicago Daily Socialist. L to R.: A.M. Simons, W. Beyer(?...
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First Wisconsinites to Visit Poland after World War II

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: Ten women and two men posing on the airstair to a plane. Several of the people are waving. The airstair has a Capital Airlines logo. Caption reads: "The...

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