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Fitchburg Business Section

Date: 1923
Description: Business section of Fitchburg. Building and trees to the right with men and cars out front.
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International "Red Baby" Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1923
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering service featuring a color illustration of a "Red Baby" farm truck. The company offered a $1,000 prize to the deale...
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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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Dancers Frolic Among the Trees

Date: 1923
Description: University of Wisconsin physical education interpretive dance students perform out of doors in a grassy meadow.
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Larson Brothers' Airport

Date: 1923
Description: The hangar and three airplanes (a Canuck and a J-1 Standard) at the airport operated by the Larson Brothers of Larsen, Wisconsin. The field was both the mo...
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Larson Brothers' Airport

Date: 1923
Description: The entrance to the Larson Brothers' flying field at Larsen in Winnebago County, about one year after the brothers laid out the runway. The field remained...
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North View of the University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1923
Description: Aerial view of the University of Wisconsin campus shows from west to east the Agricultural Hall, Observatory Hall and the Wisconsin Historical Society with...
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Aerial View of Bascom Hill

Date: 1923
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Science Hall, and Bascom Hall on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota i...
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Wilson's Tavern

Date: 1923
Description: Wilson's Tavern, north of the point where the road from Black Hawk enters Trunk Highway 60. Built by John Wilson on Wilson Creek.
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Capitol at Night

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated night view of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Dedication of Historical Marker

Date: 1923
Description: This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in Wyalusing State Park. The two men ...
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Marquette and Joliet Historical Marker

Date: 1923
Description: This historical marker was erected in commemoration of the French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in the Wyalusing State Park. The two ...
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Military Road Sign

Date: 1923
Description: Old Military Road sign. Sign reads: "1864 — 1924 Old Military Road — In March — 1863 — Abraham Lincoln affixed his signature to an act of Congress which en...
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Jarvis-Ward-Atwood House

Date: 1923
Description: The Jarvis-Ward-Atwood octagon house, 121 West Wilson Street, built for Mr. Jarvis from red brick made at a kiln, owned by W.A.P. Morris, at the turn of La...
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Aerial View of Luther Memorial Church

Date: 1923
Description: Aerial view of Luther Memorial Church.
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Ferry House

Date: 1923
Description: The 1847 Ferry House, a two-story wooden, classical revival style structure with six over six windows. There is a second-story front porch and small lean-t...
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1923
Description: An old Masonic Temple and a new temple under construction.
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McDonnell-Garnhart Residence

Date: 1923
Description: The McDonnell-Garnhart residence, 424 North Pinckney Street. This Romanesque revival house was designed in 1857 by Samuel H. Donnel, the architect for the...
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Changing a Tire

Date: 1923
Description: Tire blowouts were a frequent hazard of early automobile travel.
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Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...

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