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| Date: | 08 1909 |
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| Description: | A man is standing on a small ridge, surrounded by people sitting on the ground. He is holding an open book and speaking. Caption reads: "Reuben G. Thwaites... |
| Date: | 02 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman is standing and posing in front of a log cabin. She is wearing a dress with floral accents and puffed sleeves, and a fascinator with a lace veil. S... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Seven people are posing together. The women are wearing coats and dresses, and the man in the center is wearing a coat and necktie. The postcard was addres... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Postcard showing a waterslide into a pool by moonlight. People are riding a raft or boat down the slide. Behind the slide is a boardwalk with buildings. Po... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Tinted postcard showing crowds of people standing in and near shops. Behind the shops is a roller coaster. Caption reads: "The Pike, 'Wonderland' Milwaukee... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A child is holding out a bowl to a pillar from which water is cascading down into a spring. In the background, two other children are walking up a dirt pat... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water toward a stick-based structure, which is situated on the water near a shoreline and forest. Caption identifies it as: "Beaver House on Be... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View of a stick-based structure on water, near a shoreline and forest. Caption identifies it as: "Beaver House on Long Lake." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph of elevated view of traffic along the Madison St. bridge. Streetcars, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians are on the bridge. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 07 21 1973 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a group of people bundled up in colorful coats, standing in a snowy landscape. They are all holding one blanket and looking up to... |
| Date: | 07 16 1913 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of men, women and children standing near a railroad train car at the Hustler Depot. Handwritten note along with postcard reads: "Reve... |
| Date: | 04 1911 |
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| Description: | A man is standing on the guard of a disk harrow, holding a whip. A team of horses are pulling the harrow. Caption reads: "Disking oats Apr. 15, 1911 at Ple... |
| Date: | 08 14 1989 |
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| Description: | A man driving a tractor that is dragging a mower. Caption reads: "Leonhard Weiss Jr., an Oak Creek weed commissioner, cut 8-foot-tall weeds on Milwaukee Co... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Crowds of people are standing on either side of a street, with a model of an arch spanning the street. On top of the arch is a statue of Victory. American ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A children's parade is marching down a street. In front are several boys dressed in overalls and carrying pitchforks and other farm implements. Behind them... |
| Date: | 02 1938 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of a man wearing a feathered headdress and holding a tomahawk. Caption on back reads: "Chief Greenhill, 'Jim Goose,' Chippewa Tribe, Cass... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a hat. Caption reads: "Chief 'McSauby', Charlevoix, Mich." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A class portrait of high school students seated at desks. There are two adults, most likely teachers, standing behind them by a chalkboard. Written on the ... |
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