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Photograph

Pilot Behncke and ALPA

Date: 1920
Description: Commercial pilot Dave Behnke, who later headed Airline Pilots Association, signing for a load of airmail. After service as a pilot during World War I, Behn...
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Locomotives

Date: 02 02 1988
Description: Two Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotives near the Consolidated Papers pulpmill at Wisconsin Rapids. Snow is on the ground, and heavy smoke is coming out ...
Map or Atlas

Town of Windsor Plat

Date: 1861
Description: Dane County plat map of the town of Windsor.
Photograph

Dudley/Deutsches House

Date: 1940
Description: Deutsches Haus, formerly the Dudley house.
Photograph

Jefferson Prairie Marker

Date: 1952
Description: The Jefferson Prairie Marker, a monument marking the settlement of Jefferson Prairie in 1838. The text on the marker reads: Ole Knutson Nattestad, first No...
Document

Swiss Baptismal Certificate

Date: 1812
Description: Swiss baptismal certificate, Glarus.
Photograph

Fannie Lou Hamer

Date: 
Description: Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 - 1977), an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader, visiting the Highlander Folk School. Two men are standing in th...
Photograph

Plucking Chickens

Date: 
Description: Some unidentified people plucking chicken feathers at an unidentified location.
Photograph

The Old Water Tower from The Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol looking east, towards the old Water Works tower on East Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Lincoln's Second Inauguration

Date: 03 04 1865
Description: Large crowd gathered for Lincoln's second inauguration.
Print

Volunteers!

Date: 
Description: Civil War recruitment poster for the Union Volunteers.
Map or Atlas

Verona Township Map

Date: 1861
Description: A map of the Verona Township, which is a section of a larger Dane County map.
Map or Atlas

Map of Verona

Date: 1915
Description: Map of Verona in Dane County.
Map or Atlas

Map of Verona

Date: 1920
Description: A map of Verona in Dane County.
Poster

Movie Poster for "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: A man and woman look out of a window at people picking cotton in a field. The two are well-dressed.
Map or Atlas

Primrose Plat Map

Date: 1861
Description: The township of Primrose, which is a detail from the plat map of Dane County.
Map or Atlas

Montrose Plat Map

Date: 1861
Description: The township of Montrose, which is a detail from a Dane County plat map.

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