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"Apollo No. 1" Steamboat and Passengers

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Description: View of bow of "Apollo No. 1" steamboat with passengers posing near a dock on the shoreline.
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First Honors — Fall Festival

Date: 1927
Description: Sons of Norway group in traditional Norwegian costume standing on a replica of a viking ship as part of the Fall Festival. A large American flag flies from...
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Fredric March

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Description: Fredric March (seated) with Florence Eldridge (Mrs. March) and the noted news analyst Cecil Brown.
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Priesgen Barn — Water Pump

Date: 2004
Description: LeRoy Priesgen proves that this old pump still is capable of pumping water.
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Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Dorothy Schoenbrun

Date: 1967
Description: Villagers near Phat Diem gathered to watch American Dorothy Schoenbrun sketching near an irrigation canal. Mrs. Schoenbrun was accompanying her husband, jo...
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Red Cross Workers Relaxing

Date: 1945
Description: Leota Kelly, directer of the Pacific Athletic Club, division of the Red Cross, and colleagues, at the site of the new Red Cross Club in Tinian near a cliff...
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Photographer at Parade

Date: 1964
Description: "Mayville photographer, Edgar G. Mueller, covers a parade in Theresa."
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Dam Construction

Date: 1967
Description: "Construction of the dam in Theresa Marsh."
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Rock River

Date: 1977
Description: "Joan Glaab and her son, of Brownsville, start on a boating trek down the Rock River."
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Pipeline on the Larry Luhn Farm

Date: 06 1988
Description: "This photo of the pipeline looks north on the Larry Luhn farm. The opposite looks south from the same point on the farm."
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Fishing

Date: 1920
Description: Three men and a woman pose with a pole of a stringer of fish. One of the men holds his pet dog. Behind them on the left is a bathtub, hand-pump for water, ...
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Skiers

Date: 01 1928
Description: Winter scene with Ferdinand Hotz, holding a cigarette, posing on skis. His wife, Clothilde, stands on the left with a long walking stick; daughter Helen (L...
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Picnic by a River

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Description: Four men and seven women are posing sitting and standing around a picnic on the edge of a river, with a man standing on a bridge in the background. The fir...
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Group Portrait of War Correspondents in Guam

Date: 04 1945
Description: A group of war correspondents, soldiers and officers pose outdoors on the sand in front of palm trees for a portrait in Guam. Many are holding a beverage a...
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Young Couple in a Speedboat

Date: 1956
Description: Young couple riding in a hydroplane speedboat.
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Easter Egg Hunt

Date: 04 1999
Description: With Shirley Widmer looking on, Chelsey and Logan Wilz and Parker and Carly Hren count their Easter eggs.
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Wisconsin Delegation to the Mississippi River Parkway Meeting

Date: 08 1950
Description: Group portrait of six men and one woman, taken at the headwaters of the Mississippi River, Itasca State Park. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is standing at the far...
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David and Joan Obey

Date: 1988
Description: Congressman David Obey and his wife Joan on Martin Hanson's pontoon. He was a good friend of the Obeys and was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hal...
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Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats

Date: 1972
Description: Before or after a Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats softball game. Congressman David Obey holds up a concept rendering the future Richard I. Bong Memorial ...

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