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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down through Black Canyon to the Colorado River, the future site of the Hoover Dam. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | An International truck waits to be loaded with boulders blasted from the walls of Black Canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam. The Colorado Rive... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Men drive an International truck up a dirt road along the Colorado River during the construction of the Hoover Dam in Black Canyon. There is a steam, or po... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Lake Owen between Cable and Drummond. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter left side view of a tractor built by S.S. Morton. The photograph is labeled, "The Predecessor of the International Line." |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office in the White House. The photograph is autographed for Obey: "Congratulations for 40... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the building at the corner of N. 12th St. and W. St. Paul Avenue that housed Badger State Shoe Co. and Saveland Manufacturing Co. Two hors... |
| Date: | 1989 |
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| Description: | At the dedication of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield facilty, Congressman David R. Obey was present to present a flag that had flown over the United States Capi... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Ethel Clayton, playing Ruth Wingate, stands between a cab driver or chauffeur and another man to whom she speaks, who may well be the actor John Ince. A cr... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Carl Bohnsack (left) and August Marquardt sitting on a bench outside a jewelry store. They are wearing hats and suits. Pocket watches are on display in the... |
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| Description: | Young girl posed by a farmyard fence holding the stalk of a tall sunflower. |
| Date: | 06 1921 |
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| Description: | Swarm of bees on a fencepost and barbed wire. A hive sits directly underneath the swarm. Frank Buhl is the owner of this photograph. |
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| Description: | Looking east down sidewalk running along East Johnson street towards three houses standing in a row on North Baldwin Street in the mid 1920s. On the right ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A stone weir has been built on a meandering river to improve it for fish habitat. |
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| Description: | Elk on a snowy hillside among trees. There are bales of hay in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, a building rented by the Legislature for 46 days in 1836. Caption from calendar: "Wisconsin's first Capitol — Belmont — Lafa... |
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| Description: | Two men are standing near an ox, which is dragging a wooden implement. One man is holding a woven basket and casting seeds. Caption reads: "Sewing [sic] se... |
| Date: | 02 20 1923 |
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| Description: | Five people are posing around an elephant in front of a large tree. Two people are standing next to the elephant, one man is the mahout sitting at the elep... |
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