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Stores on Main Street

Date: 1901
Description: South side of Main Street from the intersection with Merrill Street. Various storefronts are on the left, including J.M. McCormick Dry Goods and Groceries;...
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Corliss Post Office

Date: 1901
Description: Post office, with seven men and a boy standing in front. Corliss is now called Sturtevant.
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Madison Fire Department, Keyes Steam Engine

Date: 1901
Description: Keyes steam engine undergoing routine testing in front of Madison's old Central Fire Station, 10 South Webster Street. The water is being drawn from a cist...
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Hotel Ogden

Date: 1901
Description: Hotel Ogden on East Wilson Street. This may be a view of the back. People are standing on the second story porch.
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Klinkert Hotel

Date: 1901
Description: The first Klinkert Hotel. It burned down around 1905, and was replaced by the brick structure with the same name. Signs advertising Harper Rye are on eithe...
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The Hotel Nelson

Date: 1901
Description: Exterior view of the Hotel Nelson, a brick building with Schlitz Beer signs on top.
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The Orchard Building

Date: 1901
Description: Exterior view of "The Orchard," which was possibly an inn, in Corliss.
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and Infant

Date: 1901
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting and wearing a suit and hat, and with a shawl on his lap. Jim Whitebear (Hoo...
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Studio Portrait of Nellie and Kate Winneshiek

Date: 1901
Description: Studio portrait of Ho-Chunk sisters, Nellie Winneshiek Twocrow Redcloud, (WaConChaWinKah) and her older sister, Kate Winneshiek Lonetree (WauKonChawKooWinK...
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Portrait of John Stacy Jr. as Infant

Date: 1901
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk infant, John Stacy Jr. (HaGaKah), posing sitting on a pile of fabrics and wearing a dress. He is propped up on pillows to kee...
Map or Atlas

Map of Burnett County, Wisconsin

Date: 1901
Description: Map shows lakes, rivers, schools, saw mills, post offices, creameries, and churches. Includes significant manuscript annotations showing township divisions...
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Pullman Buffet Menu

Date: 1901
Description: Front cover and first page of a menu from a railroad dining car, with a woman in long robes carrying a tray with a steaming dish of food. A border of fruit...
Map or Atlas

Map of Polk County Wisconsin

Date: 1901
Description: Map shows townships, schools, creameries, post offices, and roads. The left side of the map features a legend with symbols for points of interest.
Photograph

Emma and Elena Schmitt

Date: 1901
Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) and her sister Elena.
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Along the Catfish River

Date: 1901
Description: View along the Catfish River, with shrubs and grasses covering the riverbank. On the far left are electrical poles along a dirt road bordering a field that...
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Horse and Cutter

Date: 1901
Description: Winter scene with Joseph Langenbach sitting in a horse-drawn cutter (sleigh) at the end of the snowy driveway. In the background is a fence and a U.S. Mail...
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Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1901
Description: Full-length studio portrait of activist Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Map or Atlas

Marathon County Map

Date: 1901
Description: A plat map of Marathon county, township 29, north range, 8 east.
Photograph

Charles Allis

Date: 1901
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Charles Allis, president of the Allis-Chalmers Company (1901-1905), vice-president and director of the Milwaukee Trust Company, ...
Print

Louis Allis

Date: 1901
Description: Caricature of industrialist Louis H. Allis, son of Edward P. Allis. Louis founded the Mechanical Appliance Company in 1901, which manufactured DC motors fo...

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