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Wehmhoff Effigy Mound

Date: 06 27 1927
Description: Aerial view of the effigy mound on Henry Wehmhoff's Riverview Farm. State Trunk Highway 83 runs through the effigy.
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Aerial View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1928
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, looking northeast. The Park Hotel on the corner of W. Main Street and S. Carroll Street, is in the foreground.
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Sinking the Ostfriesland

Date: 07 21 1921
Description: One of the most important moments in the history of American aviation - the sinking of the captured German battleship "Ostfriesland" by American bombers of...
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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 University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1926
Description: Originally titled 'Recent Aeroplane View of University Campus', the view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Red Gym, Science Hall and Bascom Hall wit...
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Aerial View of Isthmus towards Lake Monona

Date: 1928
Description: Aerial view of Madison looking southeast over the isthmus, showing the Four Lakes Country. Visible at the bottom is the Lake Mendota shoreline. At center, ...
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View of Fountain City

Date: 1925
Description: Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View of Fountain City, Wis. M-1255". Aerial view of town with the river on the right.
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Bird's-Eye View of Fountain City

Date: 1925
Description: Bird's-eye view of Fountain City looking south, with high bluff on the left, and the Mississippi River on the right. Fountain City, about 4 blocks wide, ne...
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Aerial View of Willow Beach

Date: 1924
Description: Aerial view of Madison's Willow Beach towards the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, downtown Madison, and Lake Monona.
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Madison Gas and Electric Steam Plant

Date: 1924
Description: Aerial view of a Madison Gas and Electric steam plant.
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Aerial View of Fountain City

Date: 1926
Description: Aerial view of Fountain City.
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Confluence of the Fox and East River

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view of the conluence of the Fox River and the East River. The Northern Paper Mills are in the foreground and the city is seen to the right.
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Commercial District on the East Side of the Fox River

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view of the commercial district on the east side of the Fox River. Left to right: Hurlbut Coal Company; suggested location for small terminal; Main...
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Aerial View of Green Bay

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view with fishing piers, coal factories, a bridge, and railroad tracks.
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Air View, East Bank of the Fox River

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view of Green Bay's commercial waterfront district on the Fox River.
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Aerial View of DeForest

Date: 10 1928
Description: Aerial view of DeForest including residences and the surrounding countryside.
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Aerial View of Middleton

Date: 11 1928
Description: Aerial view of Middleton including businesses, residences, the railroad tracks, and the surrounding countryside.
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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company

Date: 1920
Description: The Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. One of the largest machinery manufacturing plants in America, which produces turbine engines, gas producer engines, pu...
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Aerial View of Schofield

Date: 1926
Description: Aerial view with Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Schofield Home Coming June 16-17-18-1927". The wing of an airplane is in the right foreground.
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Neighborhood in Merrill

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial view of a neighborhood in Merrill.

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