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Fitchburg Depot

Date: 1923
Description: Railway depot and railyard. Caption reads: "Depot and Yards Fitchburg, Wis."
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State Street and the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1936
Description: State Street view looking east from Johnson Street, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. On the corner on the left is Glasgow Tailers, and further up the b...
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Pilot Hugh Robinson and his Hydroplane

Date: 10 19 1911
Description: Pilot Hugh Robinson and his Curtiss hydroplane at Prairie du Chien during a flight that was intended to be the first all the way down the Mississippi River...
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First to Fly — Almost Flying

Date: 1901
Description: Wilbur Wright (standing, second from the right) with Edward C. Huffaker, Octave Chanute, and George Spratt in the workshed. Chanute was a special visitor f...
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Wausau Airport Groundbreaking

Date: 1928
Description: The groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport hangar at Wausau. Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, who can be seen on the right, (elevated above the crowd and w...
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Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 02 1904
Description: A close-up of the damage caused to the third Wisconsin State Capitol by the fire of February 26-27, showing the first floor, and looking west through the R...
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Camp of 22nd Wisconsin

Date: 1862
Description: Sketch of Boone's Knob and the Kentucky River, where Company A of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry camped, November-December, 1862. The sketch was drawn by Priv...
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Bridge over the Fox River

Date: 1960
Description: View of a bridge reaching across the Fox River.
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Fox River

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view looking down at the Fox River. On the left is a dam, and on the opposite shoreline is a factory.
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Paper Mill

Date: 1960
Description: A paper and pulp mill in Appleton. The Interlake Pulp & Paper Mill of Appleton was absorbed by Consolidated Paper, Inc. in 1916, becoming their Interlake D...
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1899
Description: View of Bloomington, with a man in the foreground looking over the vista.
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Brigham Farm Building in Ruin

Date: 06 1925
Description: View of three farm buildings - the one in the center is collapsing.
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Central House in Boscobel

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from street of Central House, with advertisements on the side of the building for Red Crown Gasoline. The Order of the Gideons was founded he...
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View of Brandon

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of town, including a church and multiple surrounding buildings.
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Brule River Monument

Date: 1930
Description: Inscription of Brule River monument. Placed where the Brule River is crossed by the Memorial Highway from Superior to Brule and Ashland (Highway 2).
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Cassville Residential Street

Date: 1908
Description: Snow-covered residential street with houses on each side.
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Cazenovia Storefronts

Date: 1907
Description: View of storefronts, a dirt road, and a plank sidewalk. One of the storefronts is a restaurant. Caption reads: "Cazenovia, Wis."
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Proxmire Campaigns for Reelection

Date: 02 1958
Description: Elected to the Senate in a special election in September 1957, to fill the unexpired term of Senator Joe McCarthy, William Proxmire was forced to begin a c...
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Proxmire Walking Through Wisconsin in Winter

Date: 12 22 1972
Description: Senator William Proxmire walked thousands of miles in Wisconsin to meet constituents. Here he is, in a snowmobile suit, shaking hands with a woman outside ...
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Bay State House

Date: 1895
Description: View down road with the Bay State House on the left. Three houses and a barbershop also line the street. A lamppost is in the left foreground. The Mississ...

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