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Mission and Mission Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View from the water of the Mission, dock, Mission cottages, and Congregational Church on Madeline Island.
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Bluff Scenery

Date: 1924
Description: Long view of bluffs with a fence and a farm in the foreground.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Agriculture Hall

Date: 03 27 1928
Description: Winter scene with Agriculture Hall, covered with snow, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Agriculture Hall is in the distance.
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Combine on Hilly Terrain

Date: 09 09 1926
Description: Farmers harvesting with a combine on hilly terrain with a horse-drawn no. 7 Hillside combine on the farm of J.B. McMurray.
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Harvesting Grain on Farm Hillside

Date: 09 21 1926
Description: Farmers harvesting grain with horse-drawn McCormick-Deering no. 7 Hillside harvester-thresher (combine). The hillside machine incorporated a leveling devic...
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Cows Drink from Tank in Pasture

Date: 08 1929
Description: Cows drinking water from a tank in a rural pasture.
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Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Two men on a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor.
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Rural Paved Highway

Date: 11 08 1928
Description: Stretch of paved rural highway featuring a proprietary centerline joint, looking towards Mount Horeb from the east.
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Rural Paved Highway

Date: 11 08 1928
Description: Stretch of paved rural highway near Mount Horeb featuring a proprietary centerline joint.
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Rural Highway

Date: 11 08 1928
Description: A stretch of paved rural highway winding into the distance features a proprietary centerline joint.
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Pine Point, Devil's Lake

Date: 07 29 1928
Description: Pine Point, high above Devil's Lake.
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Snow Scene

Date: 03 27 1928
Description: Winter scene with snow-covered evergreens on Bascom Hill.
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 11 20 1926
Description: View from Observatory Hill of the new Men's Lakeshore dormitories at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing Chamberlin Rock in the foreground. The do...
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Woman on a Tractor in a Field

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view of a woman in a field on a McCormick-Deering 15-30 or 10-20 tractor with attached disk harrow.
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
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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 Fountain City

Date: 1926
Description: Aerial view of Fountain City.
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Fox River

Date: 1927
Description: View down hill towards the Fox River from the Eleazer Williams home. A group of people are automobiles are near a road near the shoreline.
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Scenic Wisconsin Motorways

Date: 1924
Description: Front and back covers of Scenic Wisconsin Motorways, a guide to Wisconsin roads compiled by Victor F. Pettric and published by the Wisconsin Motorists Asso...

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