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Channel 10 Auction

Date: 04 27 1976
Description: The set of the fundraising auction of Channel 10, Milwaukee's public television station. Senator William Proxmire is standing to the left of the closed B B...
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J.J. Hogan Wholesales

Date: 1900
Description: View down railroad tracks, with the Mississippi River on the left, and on the right the J.J. Hogan Wholesale Company.
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Wild Residence

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view from street towards the Fred Wild residence.
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Franklin Street

Date: 1909
Description: View of Franklin St., looking west.
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Grand Avenue at Court of Honor

Date: 1910
Description: Flagpole on a strip of grass in the middle of an avenue. On the right are several horse-drawn vehicles and people parading in the road in front of what app...
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Pumping Station for Lake Forest at Arboretum

Date: 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Arboretum station was built when the site was a proposed site for a model city called Lake Forest, a scheme which fail...
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McCormick Binder in South Africa

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: Men use a McCormick grain binder led by horses and mules to work in a field in Doornkloof, Moorressburg, South Africa.
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Cowboy Eddie and Friends

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Description: Madison television personality Howie Olson (right) with Cowboy Eddie and his friend magician Ben Bergor.
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Bascom Hill Burial Excavation

Date: 08 1918
Description: Workers at the site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill in front of Main Hall (now Bascom Hall). One man sprays water from a hose. The disturbed soil o...
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Bascom Hill Grave Excavation

Date: 08 1918
Description: Excavation site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill during preparation for placement of the Abraham Lincoln monument circle. The legs and shoes of a ma...
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Bascom Hill Grave Excavation

Date: 08 1918
Description: Man with a shovel standing in a ditch in front of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill during preparation to place the Abraham Lincoln monument circle. The...
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Margaret Bourke-White production still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: The crew and cast of "The North Star" prepare to shoot a tracking shot of the Ukrainian village set built on the Samuel Goldwyn Studios lot. James Wong How...
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Eagle Effigy Mound

Date: 07 30 1910
Description: Group of people standing on an eagle effigy mound on State Hospital grounds.
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Emma Boyum

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Description: Emma Marie Boyum (nee Schroeder), mother of Sid Boyum, sitting in a large chair on the front porch of her home at 237 Waubesa Street on the east side of Ma...
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Steve Gunderson with Supporters

Date: 1980
Description: Steve Gunderson at a booth with Republican supporters of his 1980 campaign for U.S. Congress. Campaign materials for several republican politicians are on ...
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Shanagolden Dam

Date: 1916
Description: The Gang explores Shanagolden Dam, near Glidden.
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Steamboat on Rainy Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: An elevated view of a steamboat on Rainy Lake near Kettle Falls. In the background is borrow pit for construction of Kettle Falls Dam.
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Woman with Pink Flamingos on Bascom Hill

Date: 1979
Description: View uphill towards a woman sitting among a flock of pink flamingo lawn ornaments covering Bascom Hill. She is pretending to feed bread to two pink flaming...

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