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Dickey Chapelle in Vietnam

Date: 11 1964
Description: Dickey Chapelle on the Don Phuc command post, in front of a stack of sandbags, on the Vietnam-Cambodia frontier. Chapelle resided at this post for 34 days,...
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Train Wreck

Date: 07 1927
Description: On-lookers survey a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway.
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Milwaukee Grain Exchange Room

Date: 1910
Description: Sample tables in the Grain Exchange Room of the Chamber of Commerce Building. The Milwaukee Grain Exchange was a pioneer in grain trading with their develo...
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Harley-Davidson

Date: 1912
Description: Man in car loaded with milk cans and a large pumpkin or squash looks at man on Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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Camp Randall Field

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of Camp Randall Field from the top of Bascom Hall, with University Heights in the background. A crowd is in the stands at the stadium, and a ...
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Pedestrians on Bascom Hill

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hill and lower campus vicinity from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society, which was then under construction. A large group ...
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H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, Department Store

Date: 1954
Description: Manchester's, Incorporated, a department store on Mifflin Street.
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Aftermath of Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire.
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Railroad Damage at the Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks.
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Fire Fighters Rescuing Victims

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of fire fighters on the side of a building and standing on the ground lifting people out of a building.
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Fire Fighters on Ladders

Date: 1910
Description: Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building.
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People on Sled

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background.
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I.O.O.F. Band

Date: 02 02 1931
Description: Group portrait of the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) band, taken at the Odd Fellows Lodge, 308 W. Mifflin Street. Text on back of print reads:...
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State Street from Campus

Date: 1954
Description: State Street from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Windsled "Hurricane Hazel"

Date: 1946
Description: Windsled "Hurricane Hazel" on Chequamegon. One man is sitting in the windsled, Another man is standing on the ice.
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1925
Description: Railroad depot taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and bu...
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Pacifico and Petlovany Bakery Truck

Date: 1922
Description: International Harvester Model S truck with delivery body, Pacifico and Petlovany Bakery.
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International Harvester Model S Truck with School Bus Body

Date: 1921
Description: International Model S truck with bus body by Wayne Works carrying school children.
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Soldiers' Grove

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground.
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Clayton Lodge

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Description: Exterior view of Clayton Lodge.

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