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Library Park, Watertown Public Library

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Description: Gazebo in Library Park behind the Watertown Public Library. The gazebo has a clay tile roof, and there are benches, and trellises around it. Two dogs stand...
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Portrait of Ruthe Distenfeld

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Description: Distenfeld requested a "glamour" type girlie portrait be taken. Her husband, Max, was an ex-gambler who owned five appliance stores.
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Science Hall

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of Science Hall, probably from the roof of the State Historical Society, from across Park Street on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campu...
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Interior of Bar

Date: 1925
Description: The bartender Art Gerth stands behind the bar of a tavern located at the corner of Twelfth and Chambers. A glass of beer stands on the bar. Behind the bar...
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Young Girl Feeding Chickens

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl feeds a flock of chickens outside the Leslie Bird house. Several other residences are visible in the background.
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf

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Description: Exterior view of the main building at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. The building is surrounded by a lawn and a grove of trees.
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Mr. Edward Schildhauer

Date: 1897
Description: Mr. Edward Schildhauer sits in a rocking chair at an angled architect desk. The desk is covered with papers and various drafting tools such as a protractor...
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Edward Schildhauer Relaxing at a Desk

Date: 1897
Description: Mr. Edward Schildhauer relaxes in a rocking chair with his feet on a desk. He is reading a newspaper.
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F.D. Eyerley and Daughter

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley crouches down to give his daughter a kiss. A bicycle is propped against a wooden fence which runs the perimeter of the front yard of the West ...
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The Eyerley Family

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley sits with his wife and his daughter on the front stoop of their home on West Johnson Street. They are reading from a book. A small, wicker roc...
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Woman with Bread in Clay Oven

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Description: A woman adjusting bread made in a clay oven built into a stone wall. In the background is a roof of a house or shed, and a woman is looking over the stone ...
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Train Engines Lined Up

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Description: Railroad workers pose near train engines lined up in a wooden roundhouse garage facility. The number on the train in the foreground is "1252."
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Combined Wheat Harvester

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Description: A team of mules pulling a combined wheat harvester, location unknown. Several agricultural workers are on and near the harvesting machine. What may be a sm...
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Brown in Africa

Date: 07 1941
Description: This portrait of CBS reporter Cecil Brown, then based in Rome, was taken during his tour of North Africa. It was later used as the cover illustration for h...
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Model Dairy Farm

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Description: A model dairy farm maintained by Hoard's "Dairyman Magazine" for experimental purposes. Two women are walking in the driveway near the buildings on the rig...
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Convict Laborers

Date: 1915
Description: A group of convict laborers are wearing striped jumpsuits as they work to construct a road. Railroad tracks run through the foreground and people are stand...
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Cement Work

Date: 1915
Description: A wooden chest with a sign "[illegible] Cement Work" stands on West Dayton Street near its intersection with Wisconsin Avenue. There is a bucket nearby, an...
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Sheriff's Residence

Date: 1905
Description: The Dane County sheriff's residence, with the county jail behind. A corner of the Dane County Court House is seen on the far left.
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1905
Description: The observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Two Men Posing on a Porch

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Description: Snapshot of two African American men standing on a porch by a wooden chair in front of a brick building. A third man is standing behind them. The men are w...

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