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Fire Company Competition
June 1908
Members of the Lake Mills fire company pull the hose cart during a firemen's competition.
Fire Company Competition
1908
Formal portrait of the Lake Mills Fire Company preparing for a race in which volunteer companies in harness pulled their fire hose carts. Ralph Engsberg, whose family donated the photograph to the...
Carnival Tent
June 1908
Crowd near the front of a side show tent with large banners.
University of Wisconsin Fans
November 1911
A view of the University of Wisconsin football fans at Camp Randall during the game against Ripon College, which UW won 24-0. Student Ralph Engsberg, who sent this postcard to his girlfriend, is d...
