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View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward Lake Monona

Date: 1861
Description: View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. South Hall is in the foreground, with several residences an...
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View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward Lake Monona

Date: 1861
Description: View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. South Hall is in the foreground with several residences an...
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View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward the Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 1861
Description: View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus looking up State Street toward the second Wisconsin State Ca...
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View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward Lake Mendota

Date: 1861
Description: View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. North Hall is in the foreground with several residences and...
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Collard's Hill

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Description: Log house located at the top of Collard's Hill. Two children are standing near the house.
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Langdon Street

Date: 1905
Description: Langdon Street and the lower campus of the University of Wisconsin, including the Armory (Red Gym or Old Red).
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International Harvester Transfer House

Date: 1933
Description: Street scene with several buildings painted with the words "International Harvester Company of America". The building in the foreground has the words, "Tra...
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McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men are using a McCormick wire grain binder led by two horses to harvest a field crop. A horse-drawn carriage is in the background. The original...
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Mogul Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Men pulling what appears to be a road grader or other road construction equipment with a Mogul tractor. In the background are farm buildings.
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Young Children at the Park

Date: 1925
Description: Young children playing at the park. Original caption reads: "Beacon playground — about 800 daily attendance. Splendid arrangement of playground and athleti...
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Farm Entrance

Date: 05 1925
Description: View from road of front entrance of the Speedwell Farm. Original caption reads: "Desirable farm entrance -- neat and reasonably constructed. Also showing t...
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Danville Schoolhouse

Date: 05 1925
Description: View across road of the front facade of a rural schoolhouse. A small dog is lying on the entrance's front steps, and the sign above reads: "Liberty School ...
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Backyard Garden of Farmhouse

Date: 05 1925
Description: Backyard garden and fence of farmhouse.
Book or Pamphlet

Universal Tractor Company Booklet

Date: 1911
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Universal Tractor Company to advertise its line of light gasoline tractors. The cover features a photograph of a m...
Print

Cleveland Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for Cleveland tractors featuring a color illustration of a farmer using a Cleveland tractor in what appears to be an orchard. The slogan read...
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Cloudy Field

Date: 1960
Description: Large field and trees, with spectacular driven clouds.
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Field of Leafy Greens

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Description: View of a field of leafy greens. A farm is in the background.
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Family Posing in Sleigh

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Description: A man, woman, and child posing while seated in a horse-drawn sleigh on a snowy road. Behind them are buildings, a fence, and what may be ice harvesting equ...

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