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Big Falls Logging Crew

Date: 1900
Description: Four men from a logging crew posing standing in the snow with teams of horses and oxen.
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Women in the Rain

Date: 1900
Description: Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain.
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McCormick Works Stock Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Small carts, stacks of lumber, and rail cars in a snow-covered yard at the McCormick Reaper Works. The original caption reads: "Foundry #28, Wheel Room, Bl...
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Upper Campus from Library

Date: 1900
Description: The view of Bascom Hill and upper campus of the University of Wisconsin Madison seen from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Observatory Hill Office Building

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene of Observatory Hill office building on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus, with building and trees topped with snow.
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Feeding a Calf

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan.
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Wind Storm Wreckage

Date: 1900
Description: Boy standing among the wreckage of various farm structures and implements apparently after a wind storm or tornado.
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Langlade County Court House and Jail

Date: 1900
Description: The Langlade County Court House and jail.
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Wisconsin House

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the Wisconsin House. The brick portion was erected in about 1850. The entire building was razed by 1915, before the Ringling Theatre was buil...
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High School and Grade School

Date: 1900
Description: View of the high school, (left) and grade school. The older building on the right originally held both high school and elementary school classes, but was c...
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Denniston House

Date: 1900
Description: The Denniston House hotel, which was erected in 1836 with a view to making it the territorial capitol of Wisconsin, in the event Cassville should be chosen...
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Big Falls on the Flambeau River

Date: 1900
Description: Big Falls, looking down the Flambeau River. There are large boulders in the foreground and patches of ice in the river. Caption at bottom reads: "Big Falls...
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Chippewa Shoe Company

Date: 1900
Description: The square, four-story brick Chippewa Shoe Company building, located at the intersection of Bay Street and River Street looking North. There is a fire esca...
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Glen and Star's Mill

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards two men standing facing each other just outside the front entrance to Glen and Star's Mill, near a brewery. There is snow on the g...
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Hansen Home

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of the residence of Casper Hansen, built in 1858. The home has a white picket fence, and a group of people are posing behind the fen...
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Peterson Block

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men with children are standing outside a storefront on the Peterson Block in Emerald. Caption reads: "Petersons Block, Emerald Wis".
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Wisconsin State Capitol during Winter

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene of the Wisconsin State Capitol with snow-covered trees.
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Wisconsin State Capitol and Tree

Date: 1900
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol in winter behind a snow-covered tree. There is a person walking in the foreground.
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Jackson Residence

Date: 1900
Description: The residence at 323 North Carroll Street of Dr. and Mrs. James A. and Josephine S. Jackson from 1895 to the 1930s.
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Two Cutters on the Road

Date: 1900
Description: Two cutter sleighs on a road. Cutters were light weight sleighs that carried two passengers. This photograph shows bare ground in the background that mean...

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