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Steamboat "Clyde"

Date: 1870
Description: The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura...
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals.
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals. There is ...
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals.
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Milwaukee Bathing Beach

Date: 1910
Description: Popular bathing beaches like this one on Lake Michigan offered relief from the heat as well as the opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions of the 191...
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Unloading Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

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Description: Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor.
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Fire Ruins

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Description: Aftermath of winter fire.
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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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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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Campers with Tent

Date: 1910
Description: Albert Hansen and friends pose in front of their tent.
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Miners Grading Ore

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Description: Miners probably grading galena (lead) ore by putting pieces in drums with holes and letting smaller ones fall through.
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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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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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Construction of the Taliesin Drafting Studio

Date: 1932
Description: Constuction workers working on the construction of the drafting studio at the Taliesin Fellowship Complex. The roof trusses and stone walls are in place. C...
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Construction Workers at Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1899
Description: Workers during the construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building.
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Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Station in Elton

Date: 1905
Description: Chicago and Northwestern railroad staton in Elton, with lumber stacked on the ground.
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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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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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