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Mary Ellen Nevin and her Sister

Date: 1897
Description: Interior of the kitchen at 12 North Broom Street, the residence of James and Mary Ellen Nevin, showing Mrs. Nevin and her sister cooking. James Nevin was ...
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Wisconsin Central Pilot Training

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Description: Wisconsin Central Airline's flight simulator which was designed to teach the airline's pilots how to fly with instruments.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Board of Control

Date: 1893
Description: Office of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions, in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, showing details of ...
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DuCharme House

Date: 1885
Description: The home and fur-trading post of Col. Dominique DuCharme. The portion of the structure on the left was built by DuCharme in 1791. The right portion was add...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1900
Description: Church built by Austin Kellogg and his brothers around 1837 and was completed in 1840. It is the first Protestant church in this section of the state. An a...
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Black Hawk Bluff

Date: 1896
Description: View of Black Hawk Bluff, site of the Battle of Wisconsin Heights in the Black Hawk War.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Academic Buildings

Date: 1896
Description: View over water of Science Hall and the Chemical Laboratory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, as seen from a boat in Lake Mendota. Part of a b...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Drive

Date: 1896
Description: Looking down University of Wisconsin Drive (present-day Lakeshore Path). Large trees grows along the shoreline on the left, and on the right is a thick woo...
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Women and Child at the Edge of Lake Mendota

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view of three women and a young girl standing at the edge of a small cliff on the shores of Lake Mendota. Various shrubs and small trees grow on t...
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Dousman Family

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Description: Page from photo album showing Nina S. Dousman and three sisters posed outdoors while hiking in a coulee, north of town. Nina is seated and reading. Three o...
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"The Rugged Four"

Date: 1926
Description: Sigurd Olson, second from the left, with one of the early groups that he guided into the wilderness near Ely, Minnesota. The other men are identified as Dr...
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Tractors on Library Mall

Date: 1920
Description: A young woman, most likely Esther Van Wagoner (Tufty), sitting on a Clark TrucTractor on the Library Mall of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Th...
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International Model A-8 Dump Truck

Date: 1931
Description: An International Model A-8 dump truck works on the Grand Coulee Dam construction site.
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Grand Coulee Dam Construction

Date: 1936
Description: Men using International trucks during the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam.
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Butter Churns and Cats

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Description: Elevated view of butter churns, crocks and two cats on the landing next to an old-fashioned spring house constructed of logs. The roof is covered with ivy ...
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Bascom Hall

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Description: The main edifice entrance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Albino Buck

Date: 1935
Description: Text from the reverse of the print: "Albino buck, one year old, with first set of horns, at State Experimental Game & Fur Farm." The buck, who was called "...
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Planting Trees

Date: 1936
Description: A group of young men work on a wooded hillside. The caption on the reverse of the print explains, "A group of CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] boys doing...
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Door County View

Date: 06 1938
Description: View looking down towards a woman wearing a plaid jacket sitting on the ground with her hand on a dog lying beside her in Peninsula State Park. There is a ...

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