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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 10 1900
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., waving a flag from the back of a train as he campaigns for governor.
Photograph

Train Crossing a Bridge

Date: 
Description: View along right side of shoreline toward a Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crossing a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Construction on Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Construction gang at work on the Wisconsin River Bridge.
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People on Sled

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background.
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Tandem Zebra Team

Date: 1909
Description: Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat...
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Horseshoe Curve near Ableman

Date: 
Description: View of a passenger train coming down the tracks at the Horseshoe Curve. Rock Springs was called Ableman until 1947.
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Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Al. Ringling Theatre.
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Butterfield Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: Construction workers stand in front of the Butterfield covered bridge.
Postcard

Chicago and Northwestern Railway Depot

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of Chicago and Northwestern railway depot. Caption reads: "Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot, Baraboo, Wis."
Photograph

City Hall

Date: 1918
Description: View across and down a street towards the Baraboo City Hall.
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German Methodist Church

Date: 1894
Description: View of the German Methodist Church with George Bowers, a milkman, standing in the foreground.
Photograph

Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Quarters

Date: 1930
Description: The Ringling Brothers circus stored equipment in these buildings during the winter. Two cars are parked outside an auto repair and moving store.
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Ringling Hotel for Circus Help

Date: 1915
Description: The Ringling Hotel. Circus wagons, owned by Ringling Brothers circus, are parked in a lot adjacent to the Ringling hotel.
Photograph

Baraboo Street

Date: 1918
Description: View looking down a street in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Warner Memorial Road

Date: 1925
Description: View of the memorial pillars on the Warner Memorial Road near Baraboo. The pillars were erected in 1923.
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Water Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of Water Street, the winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus. The whole street was circus property.
Postcard

Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of the bridge near a mill. Caption reads: "Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis."
Photograph

Little Prairie School

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Little Prairie school with a car parked alongside it. Playground equipment is in the yard.
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Bridge in Lake Delton

Date: 1930
Description: Bridge on U.S. highway 12.
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Baraboo River

Date: 1940
Description: View of town from the south, with the Baraboo River on the other side of the road.

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