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"Gar-How" Ferry

Date: 05 16 1973
Description: View of the ferry "Gar-How" taken from on board the ferry "Island Queen" while both were docked at Madeline Island. The "Gar-How" was named after Howard Ru...
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La Pointe Town Hall

Date: 05 16 1973
Description: Front view of the La Pointe Town Hall on Madeline Island.
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Shawano Airport

Date: 1951
Description: Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i...
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University Heights

Date: 1906
Description: View of University Heights, showing a number of university buildings on the agricultural campus, including a windmill. Lake Mendota is in the far backgroun...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 11 1941
Description: View across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot at Sussex (formerly known as Templeton). Two cars are parked near the depot and a bagga...
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St. Mary's School

Date: 1906
Description: View of St. Mary's School.
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Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

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Description: The Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery (aka Nevin Fish Hatchery, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road), with a gazebo in the foreground.
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1975
Description: Built by Christian Turck, this building has now been moved to the site of Old World Wisconsin at Eagle, Wisconsin, and is now called the Turck-Schottler ho...
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Little Chute Tavern

Date: 06 1898
Description: View across road towards what is believed to be the oldest tavern in Little Chute, built in the 1850's. It was later known as Mrs. Benoit's home.
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Reed Memorial

Date: 06 1925
Description: View of the Reed Memorial monument.
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Mississippi Freight and Passenger Depot

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Racine and Mississippi freight and passenger depot with multiple individuals lined up on the platform.
Postcard

Exposition Building

Date: 1886
Description: Print advertising the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition. View of building with flags flying from almost every peak on the the roof. Pedestrians and horse-dra...
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Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: One time location of Mary Hoffard house. View down dirt road, lined with houses, shops, and trees. A horse-drawn vehicle is going down the road.
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Shore Drive

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Description: Dirt road running through the woods.
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Shore Drive

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Description: Dirt road going through woods past stone wall.
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Lovers Lane

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Description: A grassy path in the woods.
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1901
Description: Exterior of Chadbourne Hall, a four-story dormitory, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Music Hall is on the right behind the dorm.
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Machine Shop

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill of Machine Shop, Electrical Laboratory and Industrial Arts Laboratory, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Neva Schultz

Date: 1940
Description: Neva Schultz of the Dane County Hospital and Home poses next to an automobile.
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Children and Trough

Date: 1933
Description: Three boys and a girl stand behind a wood trough, hewn from a log. The boys wear bib overalls. There is a two-story house and an outbuilding in the backgro...

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