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Jane Theresa Taylor in Bajiou, Philippines

Date: 1913
Description: Trading market; Bajiou, Philippines. Image of boy with notation: "Janie paying a native of Bajiou P.I. for having his picture taken and giving me his hat."...
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Woman Adjusts Motorcycle

Date: 1915
Description: A woman adjusts her motorcycle in the middle of a street. A motorcycle is parked next to her.
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Milwaukee Snowstorm

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Fire Ruins

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Description: Aftermath of winter fire.
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Accident in Milwaukee

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Description: On-lookers observing an accident, in downtown Milwaukee, of the Hamman's Express Line, piano and furniture mover.
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Sternwheel Steamboat J.S.

Date: 1907
Description: The sternwheel excursion boat, J.S., at a landing at Cassville. People with umbrellas wait on shore. Inscribed Souvenir J.S. The J.S....
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Lincoln Beachey

Date: 09 25 1912
Description: Lincoln Beachey, the best known aviator of the exhibition era, performed in Wisconsin with his Curtiss Pusher airplane on numerous occasions. This postcar...
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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 08 1912
Description: The monoplane built by Carl S. Bates, an aeronautical inventor originally from Clear Lake, Iowa.
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A Whitehall Street

Date: 1895
Description: Looking down one of Whitehall's streets with horses, carriages, men and stores. A wagon is unloading tobacco. Caption at bottom reads: "Delivering Tobacco ...
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Ruins of Fan House and Escape Shaft

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: The ruins of the fan house and escape shaft after a mining disaster at Cherry mine. A group of men and children are standing in the foreground.
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Snow in Sheboygan

Date: 1880
Description: Winter scene of Sheboygan after a heavy snowfall. Mr. Henry C. Mueller can be seen on the top of the three-story building which he built in 1871. Many peop...
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People Seated in front of Hermitage

Date: 1910
Description: Group of men, women, and children seated on a bench and on the ground outside the Hermitage (Cedar Bark Lodge) on Hermit Island (Wilson Island). Included a...
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City Dock at Bayfield

Date: 1910
Description: View towards shoreline of an automobile being driven on the Bayfield City Dock. Colonel Woods' boat, "Nebraska" is at the dock. Sam Fifields' "Stella" is a...
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Aboard the "Lucy"

Date: 1910
Description: Four men aboard the "Lucy" on Lake Superior. Andrew Siem is the boat owner and is operating the tiller. Man with moustache identified as N.J. Ross.
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Isaiah Pyant Bowling

Date: 1945
Description: Down-lane view of Isaiah Pyant, member of C.I.O., bowling. A few men are visible in the background walking past, looking on and sitting on a bench.
Postcard

Madison Football Champs

Date: 1911
Description: The Madison Central High School class championship team, about 1910-1912. Only Ben Bergor (Goldeberger), seated on the left, has been identified Caption re...
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Tornado Damage

Date: 1924
Description: Damage caused by a tornado to a barn near Reseburg. The caption notes that the farm was rented and that "moonshine" was being made there. Some locals at t...
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Heat Rationing

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Description: After Pearl Harbor American diplomats and journalists were interned at the Grand Hotel in the German resort community of Bad Nauheim until their release in...
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Victory School

Date: 1931
Description: Students at Victory School, La Crosse County, pose at the side of their stone school building. All the boys are wearing neckties.
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Wagons Carrying Boiler

Date: 1922
Description: Men on wagons carrying large boiler, etc., posing in sham-battle horseplay, probably in Cross Plains. In the background is a bluff.

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