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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group of people posing by the lakeshore of Maple Bluff with tents in the background. One of the woman is holding an archery bow, two women... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos... |
| Date: | 03 08 1896 |
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| Description: | Three men stand near a large iceboat owned by Dutton and Wheeler on Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | An elderly man stands in a room holding a small girl. Caption on negative reads, "Mary C. and Grandpa." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two young girls with bows in their hair jump rope as a boy watches. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Franz Peters, Milwaukee Labor Day Parade Marshall, mounted on a horse on a neighborhood street. He is holding Freemason insignia in his right hand. Located... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Women's Relief Corps with umbrellas parading down the street. Stuffed eagle parading as "Old Abe." Directly behind the two flags are, from left to right: ... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade, in front of the Freeman House. Leading the ranks is probably James Livingston, Alvin "Bean" Hagen is pro... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Muriel and Laurie Peterson, the photographer's children, reflecting on the snow conditions near their home. A group of houses are in the ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a horse racing track and spectators. Sulkies, which are two-wheeled, one-person carriages drawn by a single horse, are racing. The race ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Boys marching down a neighborhood street with toy guns. The leader is carrying a big stick. A boy in the back is carrying a flag. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Camp Randall Field from the top of Bascom Hall, with University Heights in the background. A crowd is in the stands at the stadium, and a ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Popular bathing beaches like this one on Lake Michigan offered relief from the heat as well as the opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions of the 191... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A small band leads a group of men with ribbons on their jackets. In between are two men in folk costumes carrying two banners. A crowd watches from the s... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from crowd of a pair of trapeze acrobats performing at a street fair. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of a street carnival with tents, circus banners and a Ferris Wheel set up in the middle of the street. Signboards advertise ice cream an... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a horse-drawn float featuring a Viking ship and men dressed as Vikings. Men are marching behind with American and Norwegian flag... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Five men stand on a city street surrounded by onlookers, perhaps a parade or some other public event. Two of the men in the street are carrying photography... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Commemorating one hundred years of Norwegian independence at a Syttende Mai (May 17th) celebration. An automobile with four people is decorated with a Norw... |
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