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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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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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Herbert Jacobs Residence I

Date: 1937
Description: Side elevation of Herbert Jabobs Residence I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction. Several of the neighboring houses can be seen behind the...
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Herbert Jacobs Residence I

Date: 1937
Description: Rear elevation of Herbert Jacobs Residence I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction.
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St. Mary's School

Date: 1906
Description: View of St. Mary's School.
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Reed Memorial

Date: 06 1925
Description: View of the Reed Memorial monument.
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Mills House

Date: 1965
Description: The Simeon Mills (farm) house, 2709 Sommers Avenue. Snow is on the ground.
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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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IH Demonstration Farm at Montgomery

Date: 1925
Description: Front view of a farmhouse with rocking chairs on the front porch and trellises leaning against the railings. The house was part of an International Harvest...
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IH Demonstration Farm Sign

Date: 1925
Description: View of the side of a milk house with a sign painted on it which reads: "International Harvester Co. Demonstration Farm No.4."
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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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Natural Meadow

Date: 1914
Description: View of clumps of grasses in a meadow with a handful of trees in the background.
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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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View of the Combination Building

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of the building under construction, with two men working on the side of the log building on wooden scaffolds. This is probably on the site of...
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Lillian Wheeler Wading in Archibald Lake

Date: 1911
Description: Lillian Wheeler is wading in Archibald Lake. She may be holding the hand of Jeannette Holt. There is another girl who is wearing bloomers, which may be Ele...
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Profile of Mary Griggs Wearing a Kerchief

Date: 1948
Description: Mary Griggs is outdoors wearing a kerchief and coat. Forest Lodge and the grounds are in the background.
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Guest House at Forest Lodge

Date: 1945
Description: Two-story vertical log structure with cedar shake roof and a boarded over screen porch. The building is located in a woodland and lawn setting on the groun...

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