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Milwaukee Motorcycle Race

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Description: Motorcyclists at the start of the race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
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Girl Scouts Around a Camp Fire

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts kneeling around a campfire inside a campfire ring at Camp Indianola.
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Selecting Seed Corn in Field

Date: 10 02 1926
Description: Four men selecting seed corn ears in a cornfield.
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Tandem Zebra Team

Date: 1909
Description: Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat...
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U.S. Lighthouse in Fish Creek

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Description: U.S. Lighthouse with people standing in the yard next to it. Caption reads: "U. S. Lighthouse, Fish Creek Wis."
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of the first Territorial Legislature

Date: 1950
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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Killbourne Residence

Date: 1886
Description: The Killbourne residence, the home of E. B. Kilbourne, 927 Superior Avenue.
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Kelley House

Date: 1885
Description: View from street towards the J.H. Kelley house. The home was located at the Northwest corner of Wisconsin Avenue and 8th Street, which is now the Southeast...
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Woodchuck Problem

Date: 1915
Description: At Cornfalfa Farms two men try automobile exhaust to deal with their woodchuck problem.
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Deering Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: Men and children gather around a Deering grain binder pulled by two horses.
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Madeline Island Logging Camp

Date: 1910
Description: Madeline Island logging camp near Big Bay. Men preparing logs for a building, with three log buildings in background.
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Quarry on Basswood Island

Date: 1915
Description: Bill Baker standing on top of a wall of the quarry on Basswood Island.
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Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: Two pelicans and other waterfowl on the lagoon in Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911.
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Contour Plowing

Date: 1936
Description: A view of two men on tractors, contour plowing a field. Two other men stand near a dirt road.
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Farm Equipment Workers Union Leafletting

Date: 08 1946
Description: Members of the Farm Equipment Workers Union hand out leaflets at the International Harvester Co. plant during the Union's convention. A small crowd of peop...
Postcard

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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Henry Ford on Tractor

Date: 1908
Description: Henry Ford sitting on the 1908 model Fordson tractor. The tractor is attached to a plow, with another man sitting in the seat of the plow.
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Henry Otto Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Henry Otto Elmer, wearing a cap and bib overalls, poses in front of his large dairy barn. There are twin silos on the right with a decorative pattern in th...
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Edna Leonard

Date: 1932
Description: Edna Leonard, a student at Northey School, poses on a horse on the Fred Leonard farm. There is an automobile and other horses in the background, as well as...
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Flag Raising

Date: 1931
Description: Two boys display the American flag before raising it on a rustic flag pole in the school yard of the Consolidated School, District No. 4. The other student...

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