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Bridge over Wisconsin River

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Description: Elevated view from hill toward a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Elevators

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Description: Second and third floor elevators in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Roi Clearwater with Drum and Flute

Date: 08 17 1946
Description: Roi Clearwater, (Ottawa/Chippewa Indian), singer of Ottawa Indian songs, of Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
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Capitol at Night

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated night view of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Edwin Stein, Wisconsin State Journal Photographer

Date: 10 24 1958
Description: Edwin Stein, photographer for the Wisconsin State Journal, poses on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps in Madison.
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing telephone wires.
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Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store, Radio Department

Date: 11 27 1943
Description: Interior of Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store, in Wisconsin Union Transfer Building, 155-303 West Wilson Street, showing lamps, mirrors and radios.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Covered in Frost

Date: 01 14 1952
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol and park covered in hoar frost and fog.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol during a rain shower.
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Compass Training

Date: 1937
Description: Probably Native Americans receiving instructions on compass use for Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory.
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University of Wisconsin Annual Mock Senate Event

Date: 03 18 1961
Description: Dave Klingenstein acts as president of the senate during the annual University of Wisconsin mock senate event in the Wisconsin Assembly chamber. The event ...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. University of Wisconsin Professor Ed...
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Native American Artifacts

Date: 1926
Description: Prehistoric Wisconsin Native American implements and weapons, from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection.
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Wisconsin Assembly Filming

Date: 04 08 1947
Description: Wisconsin Assembly in the Wisconsin State Capitol being filmed for State Centennial Film. There are a group of men on the speakers rostrum, and many camera...
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Southwest Entrance Steps

Date: 1941
Description: Southwest entrance steps to the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Wisconsin General Hospital Records Room

Date: 03 30 1938
Description: Wisconsin General Hospital records room, with banks of filing cabinets.
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Large Telescope

Date: 11 08 1926
Description: Large telescope at University of Wisconsin Washburn Observatory.
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State Historical Society Gun Collection

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Harold Peterson, a graduate assistant in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shown working on some of the guns in the Wisconsin Historical Soci...
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Gardner Bakery Company Booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition

Date: 07 1936
Description: The Gardner Bakery Company booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Madison Rifle Club

Date: 04 02 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Madison Rifle Club, winners of the Southern Wisconsin Rifle League championship, at the University of Wisconsin rifle range.

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