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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: Carl Bates in his airplane. The bottom half of the card shows the beginning of a race between Bates' invention and an automobile. Bates was from Clear Lake...
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Amund Pederson

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Description: A waist-up studio portrait of Amund Pederson, a private in Company G, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform holding a musket across his chest. The following ...
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Big Manitou Falls, Pattison State Park

Date: 1890
Description: Big Manitou Falls on the Black River. This waterfall reportedly was called "Gitchee Monido" by the Ojibwa, which means "Falls of the Great Spirit."
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Ole Evenson Luten

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Description: Quarter-length oval studio portrait of Ole Everson Luten [as on the photograph backing; also written as Ole Everson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20, and on...
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Jens Anderson

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Description: Head and shoulders oval portrait of Jens Anderson, a private in Company I, Wisconsin 15 Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimenta...
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Ben Nelson

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Description: Full-length oval portrait of Ben Nelson [as written on the photograph backing; also written as Ben Nilson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and published ro...
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John F. Hauff

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders oval studio portrait of John F. Hauff, a private in Company K, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained...

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