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Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | Thomas Bigford (in cap, on left) and another official swearing-in two Native American Civil War recruits. Thomas Bigford (1815-1890) of Taycheedah, Wiscons... |
Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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Description: | Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:... |
Date: | 07 1959 |
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Description: | Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ... |
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Description: | Three women and a man slide down a snowy hill on a wooden toboggan. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Trail through the pines between Chippewa Falls and Long Lake, Chippewa County. |
Date: | 09 06 1882 |
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Description: | Engraving of Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott, the first president of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Milwaukee. |
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Description: | A man and boy pose in front of a giant Paul Bunyan statue. |
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Description: | Portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes posing at a typewriter. |
Date: | 1898 |
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Description: | Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left. |
Date: | 1953 |
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Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type windsled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-E... |
Date: | 10 28 1928 |
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Description: | Al Smith and his National Chairman John Raskob on the porch of the Raskob home. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | "Gen." Wooster Harrison house, built in 1835. It was reported to have housed Abraham Lincoln overnight. |
Date: | 06 09 1954 |
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Description: | McCarthy-Army hearings. Left to right: G. David Schine, Joseph R. McCarthy, and Roy Cohn. |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | An engraved head and shoulders portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., during the period when he was the governor of Wisconsin. |
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Description: | Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive. |
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Description: | Formal studio portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., his wife, and their two sons. McCormick was president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company from... |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Fred MacMurray, on the right, as a young boy outdoors in winter with his friend Randall McKinstry. |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Agnes Moorehead as a child, posing with a parasol next to a chair in front of a photographic studio painted backdrop. She is wearing a white dress and has ... |
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