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| View these images shot by an early female war correspondent, Dickey Chapelle from Wisconsin. |
| An Inventive and Imaginative Photographer |
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| Learn about H.H. Bennett, the 19th-century photographer of Wisconsin Dells landscapes. |
| James T. Potter's Photos |
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| View this image collection of architectural details of places in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| View an extensive image collection about this early social leadership center that focused on labor organization, and later, civil rights. |
| Farming in America |
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| Discover the history of the International Harvester Company through the Wisconsin Historical Society's images |
| Learn about the long life of the mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Civil War Regiment, a bald eagle named 'Old Abe'. |
| View a large gallery of Wisconsin residents playing: bowling, dancing, curling, sailing, skateboarding, skating, skiing and snowmobiling. |
| View these 19th-century panoramic, detailed maps of Wisconsin communities. |
| View images of regional singers and musicians from the Helene Stratman-Thomas folk music project. |
| View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
| View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights. |
| View this image collection of the Wisconsin Democratic Senator William Proxmire. |
| See the designs Wisconsin artists produced for the Centennial Stamp Contest. |
| Jim Widmer's "Spirit of Rural Wisconsin," Part II |
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| Explore Jim Widmer's photographs of the Friday fish fry dinner tradition in Wisconsin. |
| View images produced by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, while they were challenging a white, supremacist delegation. |
| Allan Born, The Born Collection |
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| Allan Born's photographs of Northern Wisconsin during the 1930's and beyond. |
| Explore photographs of farm life in 20th-century Wisconsin. |
| Explore history and images of beekeeping in Wisconsin. |
| Explore images from the Hotz collection that depict Door County, Wisconsin at the turn of the 20th century. |
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