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Cavalry at Camp Douglas

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Description: Soldiers at Camp Douglas driving horses and covered wagons.
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World War I Ambulance Company

Date: 1917
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the Wisconsin National Guard Ambulance Company No. 1 at Camp Douglas, together with its ambulances and motorcycles with sidecar...
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G.E. Evans Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of G.E. Evans, a grower of cultivated cranberries from New Lisbon, Wisconsin. Includes an illustration by (A.?) R.R. Richards of people working ...
Postcard

Infantry on the Hike

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Description: Postcard printed in brown ink of a line of soldiers in uniform hiking in a column. They have bedrolls over their shoulders. Towards the rear are soldiers o...
Postcard

Unloading Horses

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Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of horses being unloaded from railroad cars by soldiers. Caption reads: "'Unloading Horses,' Camp Douglas, Wis."
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Captain Harry Ellis and Gathering Guns

Date: 1887
Description: Wisconsin National Guard First Light Battery A from Milwaukee at Camp Douglas. A team of horses pulls a small wagon. There are trees and bluffs in the back...
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Main Street (Center Street)

Date: 1911
Description: View down Center Street. The caption on the image is incorrect. On the left are storefronts, including a millinery and stable. On the right, commercial bui...
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Cutting Ice

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Description: View from ice of men from the CCC group at Camp Petenwell cutting ice. Three men stand on the ice on the right. A steep bank surrounds the icy water. Men a...
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Main Street North

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Description: View down unpaved street towards many businesses: Carl Olson Shoe Store, Wakeman's Pharmacy, Jay Jennings, dentist, O.G.H. Parman, Badger Hardware, L.G. Bi...
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Eliphalet Miner Home

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Description: An Italianate style home, with a small balcony above the front entrance. The windows on the main section of the house are arched and have matching arched s...
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Steam Tractor

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Description: Side view of left side of steam tractor. A man holding either a pipe or an oil can is leaning on the back of the tractor just behind the seat. A dog sits o...
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Lumbermill Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a lumber mill. Piles of milled wood are in the foreground and on the right, with more stacks in the far background behind numerous small b...
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North Main Street

Date: 1890
Description: View down unpaved street, which has numerous horse-drawn vehicles parked along the curbs. People are on the street and sidewalk, with a larger group and a ...
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Lumber Mill Workers

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Description: Group portrait of men, a boy, and horses posed among piles of logs and lumber. A bicycle is in the foreground, and a steam engine is in the background.
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Sauk County Manhunt Searchers

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Three Jefferson County Sheriff Department officers and a search volunteer posing with two bloodhounds that took part in a manhunt for a suspect from an inc...
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Meal at Camp Douglas

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of a number of soldiers, and a young boy, at Camp Douglas having a meal on an improvised table near a tree. One of the men has a dog on his ...
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Turkey Hunting

Date: 04 1966
Description: A man in hunting gear is kneeling on the ground holding his rifle in his right hand, and holding up a dead turkey in his left.
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Deer Hunting Near New Miner

Date: 1948
Description: Four men and a woman are posing around a car, on which three killed deer are set on the hood of the car. A cat has its paws on the front of the car and is ...
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Oxen Team Pulling Farm Machinery

Date: 1907
Description: A man is posing standing on a cart behind two oxen, who are pulling a piece of farm equipment. A brick house is in the background, and behind the house is ...

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