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Pesticide Spraying

Date: 1925
Description: Loading an airplane with calcium arsenate in order to spray for the hemlock looper pest in Peninsula State Park. This is believed to be the first such use ...
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Shriner Circus Sideshow

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Description: Dell Hammel offering tickets for a Shriner Circus sideshow of Dancing Girls. There are good indications that this photograph has been manipulated and is a ...
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Centennial Celebration for Madeline Island Mission

Date: 1935
Description: Father Gumbly and Sisters, with three Native Americans in ceremonial dress, standing outdoors in front of altar.
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Great Divide or Watershed Sign

Date: 1930
Description: Great Divide or watershed sign.
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Kierig-Babbitt Building in Bloomer

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of the Kierig-Babbitt building, built in 1880.
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Mound Marker

Date: 1936
Description: View of the panther intaglio effigy mound marker, located on Highway 106 West. The text on the marker reads: "Indian Intaglio Effigy; Panther Type, Length ...
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Old Military Trail Marker

Date: 1927
Description: Military road marker erected in 1927 by Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution at the foot of the old road opposite Prairie du Chien. The road was built...
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Taxi Drivers

Date: 1925
Description: Taxi cabs and their drivers are awaiting customers near the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad depot on East Wilson Street. In the center of...
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Tommy Thompson

Date: 2005
Description: Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health & Human Services (2001-2005) being interviewed while on a visit to La Crosse.
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Effigy Marker

Date: 1930
Description: Turtle Effigy mound marker on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a metal plaque on a small formed block. An image of the mound is on the ...
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Exterminator in Company Truck

Date: 1912
Description: International Model M truck operated by the Phenol Chemical Company, Inc. The truck is parked outside a building. The truck bears the company logo and the ...
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Man Parked Outside Automotive Store or Dealership

Date: 1914
Description: Man in an International Model M truck outside an automotive shop or dealership. Signs in the store window advertise tires and "vulcanizing." The bed of the...
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Canned Goods Display

Date: 1914
Description: Canned goods labeled "Grown in Mississippi" are stacked in pyramids in the window of W.B. Craft grocery and notion store.
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Badger State Shoe Co. Building

Date: 1899
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...
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Two Men on a Bench

Date: 1903
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...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Battle of St. Croix Falls Historic Marker

Date: 07 26 1964
Description: The newly crowned beauty queens and attendants from St. Croix Falls and neighboring Taylors Falls stand with Willis Erickson (right), president of the Polk...
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Wisconsin's First Capitol

Date: 1945
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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