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Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1925
Description: Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery near Lake Nagawicka.
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Oxen and Prairie Schooner

Date: 08 1948
Description: Oxen and prairie schooner owned by Charles Ward, Wisconsin Dells, on display for a passing crowd at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Buffalo at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 09 1900
Description: View of a buffalo and a cow standing near a fence at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

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Description: The Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery (aka Nevin Fish Hatchery, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road), with a gazebo in the foreground.
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Larks Hotel, People Under Trees

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Description: Larks Hotel, downstream. A man (George Crandall) and two children (his daughters) are sitting in chairs under trees overlooking the Wisconsin River, with t...
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Ornithology Clubs

Date: 04 23 1949
Description: Elevated group portrait of members of the Wisconsin Society of Ornithology and the Wilson Ornithological Club, taken at the Wisconsin Union Theatre, 770 La...
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1975
Description: Built by Christian Turck, this building has now been moved to the site of Old World Wisconsin at Eagle, Wisconsin, and is now called the Turck-Schottler ho...
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Staff Sargent Paul A. Haack's wife Margaret and two sons are playing in a front yard with a dog. Staff Sargent Haack was called up...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem's wife, with the pet dog, reading a magazine in the sun-filled porch of Olin House, the official resid...
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Science Hall and Langdon Street

Date: 1895
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Hall. View looking up Langdon Street, with a horse-drawn wagon on the right.
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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. There are several display cases filled with taxidermy, including a pelican, and coral. There is a deer head...
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Beekeeping Class Meeting

Date: 04 24 1969
Description: Group of people at a meeting of "Beekeeping in Wisconsin" class following a yard inspection.
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Colburn Cottages

Date: 1927
Description: Two Colburn Cottages on a shoreline of the Wisconsin River. In the yard a man is posing in front of an automobile near a dog standing on its haunches. Ther...
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The Great Seal of the Territory of Wisconsin

Date: 1838
Description: Territorial seal of Wisconsin. There is a farmer in the foreground plowing behind horses, a Native American apparently heading west, a river steamboat and ...
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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Munger's Mill and Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Munger's Mill and dam, with men standing on and around the dam.
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Snow-Covered Road

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated winter scene of snow-covered road through Keshena, Wisconsin. There are horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians, and a church is in the background.
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Cottage at Dells Farm Resort

Date: 1921
Description: A several vacationers and their dog stand outside a two-story cabin at the Dells Farm Resort.
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Three Men Around a Honey Producer Table

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Description: Three men in conversation around several jars of honey on a table. Sign reads: "Wisconsin Honey Market Day." Written on back: "A typical scene of one of th...
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.

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