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Young Women at Devil's Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Six young women posed among the rocks at Devil's Lake.
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Sinking Boat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: Side view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, sinking in 1906. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Lat...
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Sidewheel Packet Quincy Sinking

Date: 1906
Description: Sidewheel packet Quincy, sinking. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Later renamed the J.S.
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The Saint Paul near Lansing, Iowa

Date: 1904
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, on the Mississippi River near Lansing, Iowa. Later named the Senator. Small boats are line up on a pier ...
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The "Thistle" Behind a Building

Date: 1900
Description: The sternwheel excursion, "Thistle" on the river behind a building. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The "Thistle" ran between Oshkosh and Omro, via Butte d...
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Home Built Pietenpol

Date: 06 15 1934
Description: A home built Pietenpol buit by members of the Waukesha Aviation Club after its initial flight. They are Chet Wolt, Jack Leeman, Dean Crites, and Bob Lathro...
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C-47 Returns

Date: 03 1945
Description: A C-47 bomber returns to North Airfield, Guam. This airfield had been operational only since early February. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee p...
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TAG Operations, WWII

Date: 03 1945
Description: TAG operations on Falalop Island in the Pacific. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the latter stages of the ...
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Steamer "Fury"

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Description: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers steamer "Fury".
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Hillside Studio Construction

Date: 1932
Description: Workers working on the construction of the drafting studio at the Taliesin Fellowship Complex used by the Taliesin Fellowship. The Romeo and Juliet windmil...
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Aztalan State Park Prior to Reconstruction

Date: 1945
Description: Field with contours, and two mounds.
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Aztalan State Park

Date: 1945
Description: Field prior to the park's reconstruction, with a fence in the foreground. A river is at the bottom of the hill.
Postcard

Congregational Church

Date: 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Congregational Church, Bloomington, Wis." The church was built in 1872.
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Grist Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Wind powered stone grist mill. Two men stand on a wood balcony near the open doorway of the windmill.
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Niels-Larsen Granary in Deerfield

Date: 1976
Description: Niels-Larsen granary on its original site, before its removal to Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, Wis;, where it was erected on the Norwegian site.
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First Presbyterian Church of Ottowa

Date: 1950
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards the front and right sides of the church through some pine trees.
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First Presybyterian in the Shade

Date: 1960
Description: First Presbyterian church from the rear, in the shadows of pine trees, with shrubbery abutting the building.
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Nelson Catlin Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated illustration of a farmhouse, with fences around it, a cowboy on horseback overseeing cattle, and a horse-drawn carriage on the street in front of ...
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Methodist Church

Date: 1905
Description: Methodist church.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1895
Description: Front entrance to the Methodist Episcopal Church, the first parsonage built at Fayette.

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