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| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of two men standing on a snowy street with the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background. They are holding snow shovels. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Construction crew building a double streetcar track around the Capitol Square on North Pinckney Street. The oversized awnings were common around the Square... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Lincoln Terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Unveiled in 1909, the Lincoln Statue was created by sculptor Adolf Weinman of Hodgenville, K... |
| Date: | 04 20 1959 |
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| Description: | An electrical or telephone lineman, is using a burlap bag while attempting to rescue a cat perched on a power pole. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Fish nets and floats drying while wound onto wooden reels. Clouds are in the sky in the background. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards a boy kicking at a door to see if they want their walk shoveled after a snowfall. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across a granite quarry looking west, with Buffalo Lake in the background. Buildings of the town are between the quarry and the lake, and a p... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Two cars are trapped in a large snowdrift. Two people can be seen. One car has its hood up and a truck with ladders strapped to a roof rack may be jump sta... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of family posing on the lawn in front of a house. The woman on the left is standing on a board sidewalk holding a broom. Behind her, another ... |
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| Description: | View of a woman posing sitting on the porch of a wooden building and sewing a hat, probably a milliner in front of her shop. A small girl is sitting in a r... |
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