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Fountain City Magistrates

Date: 1888
Description: Outdoor group portrait of magistrates sitting around a table in front of the fire house. Identified (left to right): Edward Funke, William Schuster, David ...
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Cereal Mills Company

Date: 1898
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Cereal Mills Company. Men are working near a horse-drawn wagon near an entrance to a grain elevator in the lower right. Railr...
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J.A. Taylor Steamer #1

Date: 1905
Description: Fire department steamer #1 fire engine, named after hotel proprietor J.A. Taylor.
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Pioneer Slag Tower and Furnace

Date: 1948
Description: Large brick kiln-like structure in field. Built in 1876, the blast furnace was used to salvage additional lead from the slag of 18 area furnaces operating ...
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On a Goat Farm

Date: 05 10 1953
Description: Two goats on a goat farm are standing near two milk cans next to the side of a building.
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Armory Tower

Date: 1955
Description: Armory tower with crenels and narrow arched windows. The building is on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and is also known as the Red Gym or Old ...
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Veterans of World War I

Date: 05 31 1955
Description: Veterans of World War I were among the participants in the Memorial Day parade. From left to right are Frank Austin, Frank Hermen and Peter C. Vanden Hueve...
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Group Camping Out for Tickets

Date: 1958
Description: Three men wrapped up in blankets waiting at a stadium box office for tickets to go on sale. The man in the middle is reading a book. The man on the right h...
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Old Wade House

Date: 1970
Description: Two people are walking on the brick courtyard at the Old Wade House, a Wisconsin Historical Society site. The Old Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoac...
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Baseball Captains

Date: 1970
Description: Two young boys are deciding whose team will bat first. In sand lot baseball, when deciding which team bats first, one player tosses a bat up in the air. A ...
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Winter Entrepreneur

Date: 1973
Description: View down hill towards a boy kicking at a door to see if they want their walk shoveled after a snowfall.
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Affirmative Action

Date: 1976
Description: A woman and a man are working on a road construction crew, with a dump truck full of sand behind them. They are wearing work clothes and hard hats. In the ...
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Demon Frolicking with Football

Date: 1979
Description: A boy dressed as a demon with a cape and holding a football is running in front of a brick wall.
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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...

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