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| Milwaukee's First Photojournalist |
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| Read about the life and career of photojournalist John Robert Taylor, who captured the spirit of Milwaukee through photographs in the early 20th century. |
| Discover Madison's Kehl School of Dance through photographs of the performers, public events, dance studio, and other images. |
| Larger Than Life Images of Animals and Produce |
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| Learn about the tall-tale postcard industry and the career of photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr. |
| The Story of Two Communities Through Photographs |
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| Read about the history of Manitowoc and Two Rivers, two Wisconsin communities, and view photos documenting more than 150 years of life in the two cities. |
| A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker |
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| Read about the dream of successful farming in northern Wisconsin in 1895. |
| The Extinction of a Species |
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| Read about how the species of passenger pigeons became extinct. Follow links to short essays on the topic and view a collection of images. |
| Rural Wisconsin |
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| View the landscapes of rural Wisconsin through the eyes of photographer Paul Vanderbilt. |
| View the online collection of Photo Copy Service photographs taken in Madison from the 1920s through 1960s. |
| The Watercolors of Winifred Ford |
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| Read about the life and career of painter Winifred Ford who created watercolors of historic Madison residences. |
| Madison's Settlement House |
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| Images of Madison's only settlement house, Neighborhood House, from 1916 until the 1960s. |
| A Greenbelt Town |
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| Read about how the suburban community of Greendale, Wisconsin, was engineered and view photographs documenting its development. |
| Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin Home |
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| Learn about he home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and view rare photographs of the building he designed and redesigned during his lifetime. |
| The Lloyd Jones Family Album |
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| Read about the career of The Capital Times founder Richard Lloyd Jones and browse through photographs he and his wife took while living in Madison. |
| Read about the career of Milwaukee-based photographer Simon L. Stein who is known for his portraits of prominent Wisconsin citizens. |
| Wisconsin's First Outdoor Rock Festival |
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| Learn about and view photographs of Wisconsin's first outdoor rock festival, a groundbreaking three-day event. |
| Architectural photographs of the restored opera houses of Wisconsin. |
| Read about Earth Day's founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator and early environmentalist. |
| Learn the inside story of the Teasdale Vice Committee Investigation of 1913 in Wisconsin and their crusade against "social evil." |
| Reuben Gold Thwaites Photographs |
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| Reuben Gold Thwaites' photos of his trip down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers. |
| The 1849 Sketches of James F. Wilkins |
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| View this selection of drawings by James F. Wilkins, created on his journey on the Overland Trail from Missouri to Califonia in 1849. |
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