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Lone Fisherman

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Description: View across water towards Laurie Peterson, son of the photographer, fishing from a rock on a misty morning near the family home.
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Harvesting Machines Catalog

Date: 1914
Description: Advertising catalog for International Harvester's Champion line of farm machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer using a Champion binder with a fenc...
Photograph

Family by Vine Covered House

Date: 1873
Description: A wooden fence with widely spaced pickets is in the foreground. Behind it is a family in the yard of a frame house that has vines covering its windows, nic...
Photograph

Droster Farm

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the Droster farm located on Felland Road. The house was built in 1854.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Lamp House

Date: 04 30 1913
Description: Newspaper photograph of the Robert Lamp home, 22 North Butler Street, built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, and hidden in the center of one of Madison's upt...
Photograph

Long House Dormitory

Date: 1904
Description: Exterior view of Long House dormitory at Ceresco, home of the Wisconsin Phalanx.
Photograph

Stuck in the Mud

Date: 1898
Description: Two men attempt to move a buggy mired in the mud on a rutted, dirt road. One man is steadying the horse and his hat is laying in the middle of the road. Th...
Photograph

McCormick Home Ready for Filming

Date: 1929
Description: Production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
Photograph

Grave of Theodore Roosevelt

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Description: The grave of Theodore Roosevelt (10/27/1858 – 1/6/1919), the 26th President of the United States, in Oyster Bay, New York. Caption reads: "Grave of Theodor...
Photograph

Log Cottage Residents on Cobbossee Colony (Camp) Boardwalk

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Description: People stand along a log boardwalk in front of log cottages. Trees and foliage surround the buildings.
Photograph

Tents Along Beach

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Description: Tents line a beach along the Atlantic Ocean. Foliage covers the foreground and several people and vehicles can be seen throughout the camp.
Photograph

Cock Pit

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Description: View of a thatched roof cock pit located in a fenced-in area and surrounded by trees. Published by Variety Store.
Photograph

Playing Cowboys With Pistols

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Description: Two men crawl on their hands and knees while two other men sit atop them holding pistols. A dirt road, a fence, and foliage are in the background.
Photograph

Farm Scene

Date: 1938
Description: A view of a farm in the "Coulee Country" near La Crosse during the spring. There is a long ditch in the foreground.
Photograph

City Park

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Description: Elevated view of a city park. In the background a hill is fenced off at the edge of the river where stone arches stand.
Photograph

Crawfish River Bridge in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: A wood bridge spans Crawfish River. The shores are lined with foliage, power lines, and several buildings.
Photograph

Flambeau River from Soo Bridge

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Description: View of the Flambeau River from Soo Bridge. The railroad bridges crosses over the river and foliage lines the riverbanks.
Photograph

Clove Bridge

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Description: A creek runs beneath the stone underpass of Clove Bridge. Trees, logs, and foliage surrounding the structure.
Photograph

Cold War Boundary

Date: 09 1951
Description: A hill in the countryside near Hong Kong, showing the fence that marked the border with Communist China. Two children are on a path on the side of the hill...
Photograph

Ink Stand

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Description: An elevated upstream view of a rock formation in the Wisconsin River known as The Ink Stand.

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