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Andreas Dahl and the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph. This view from East Washington Avenue shows photographer Andrew Dahl on his horse "Curnel" in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Dahl had j...
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View of Madison, the Capital of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th...
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Onon Bjorn Dahle's House and Store

Date: 1873
Description: A man is standing in front of a fence along a road in the foreground. Two other men are in the road; one is standing and one is on horseback. Onon Bjorn Da...
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Church Street

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Description: A view of Church Street. Trees line both sides of the street, with telephone and/or electricity poles. The trees obscure the buildings to the left, and two...
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Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: A view of soldiers on horseback, riding down 29th Street at Camp Logan, established in 1917. A fence lines the dirt road on the right, and military buildin...
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Men with Big 4 Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are leading horses in pulling McCormick Big 4 mowers near a brick farmhouse. A girl wearing a dress and hat is sitting on a horse in the foreground...
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Agricultural Educator on Horseback

Date: 1915
Description: Agricultural Extension lecturer Dr. F.A. Wolfe carrying an educational chart while riding on horseback along a muddy dirt road.
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Country Road Intersection

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Description: View of an intersection of two dirt roads, East Market Street and Lafayette Street. A man, horseback, can be seen on the left, while two people walk past ...
Print

G. Heileman Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, with a musketeer-like figure holding a bottle of beer in one hand and raising a glas...
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...
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Man and Woman on Horseback

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Description: Man and woman posing side-by-side on horseback on a rutted road. The woman is riding sidesaddle. Another man is standing in the far background.
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Saddlehorses at Butternut Ledge

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Description: Group portrait of five riders on horses posing on the road in front of two guest cottages. A young girl is standing on the left.
Book or Pamphlet

The Buckeye Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Front and back cover of The Buckeye Harvesting Machinery catalog. Features on the front, at the bottom, an oval-framed scene of two men using agricultural ...
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Man on Horseback on Road

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Description: Landscape view across fields towards man riding horseback up a country road.
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Agricultural Educator Dr. F.A. Wolfe on Mule

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Description: Dr. F.A. Wolfe making one of his speaking engagements on mule back, taking his chart with him as shown, after the road became so impassable that a team and...
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Tanks Approaching Juvigny

Date: 1917
Description: Two companies of tanks attached to the 32nd Division (Red Arrow Division) on a dirt road approaching Juvigny, France. Some of the men are riding horses.
Postcard

Your Occo Service Man

Date: 1944
Description: A man in an overcoat is leaning against a parked car, with a man in overalls standing next to him. A sign in the car window reads: "Your stock needs Occo M...
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Nurses in Jerusalem

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Description: European nurses in Jerusalem.
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Turkish Infantry on the March

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Description: Turkish infantry marching.
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Lake Garda

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Description: A reconnaissance ride on the Gardasee (Lake Garda).

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