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Wisconsin's First Coupe

Date: 1905
Description: Automobile alleged to be the first coupe built in Wisconsin. The vehicle was built by Gus Wilkie of Sheboygan from the body of a carriage and the chassis f...
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Crawford County Historical Pageant

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Crawford County Historical pageant participants depict various early citizens. Back row: Russell Kieser, card sharper; Ray Burgess, Irishman; Lawrence Geis...
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E.W. "Gramps" Brandel

Date: 1923
Description: E.W. Brandel, standing in a road. Known as Gramps by Mary Brandel, he is posing holding a bag, a bundle of sticks on his back, and a long stick over his sh...
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Baby Huey with Two Band Members

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey leaning against a car with his trumpeter, (likely Rick Marcotte) and conga player, (possibly Plato Jones) who is wearing an Am...
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Men around Campfire

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of young men crowd around a campfire in the Sound Stage campground. In the background is a truck and a station wagon near men who appear to be sett...
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Man and Women in International J-30 Passenger Car

Date: 07 14 1910
Description: Man driving two women in an International J-30 automobile. In the background is a park or cemetery.
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Man and Women with Red Baby Truck

Date: 10 23 1923
Description: A group of women, and one man, are standing beside a McCormick-Deering Red Baby Speed Truck. The truck had a 1,500 pound capacity and was also known as the...
Postcard

A Merry Christmas

Date: 1910
Description: Holiday postcard showing Santa Claus behind the steering wheel of his motorized sleigh. Holly fills the front and pine boughs fill the back. He is wearing ...
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Kemp Tractor

Date: 2004
Description: Randy Kemp shows off this fine, old WD 1951 Allis-Chalmers tractor.
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Herbst Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Bob and Joan Herbst, at N8560 Hwy 175 (Section 15), have lived here for 6.5 years.
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Adams Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Jeff Adams is in the car repair and restoration business, as is evidenced by the many cars on the property. This property was formerly owned by the Ted Eck...
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Kemp Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Randy and Sherry Kemp and son, Nick, live at N8642 Hwy P (Section 15).
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Luhn Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Gordon and Gayle Luhn, and son, Derek, live at N8499 Bancroft Rd (Section 16). They purchased the property in 1978.
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Cart and Automobile

Date: 
Description: View of an man standing with an ox-drawn cart near a man sitting in an automobile.
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Fishing

Date: 1920
Description: Three men and a woman pose with a pole of a stringer of fish. One of the men holds his pet dog. Behind them on the left is a bathtub, hand-pump for water, ...
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Grape Boycott Picketers — Contact Sheet

Date: 1969
Description: Four frames from a contact sheet containing images of grape boycott picketers. The picketers are in front of a Krogers grocery store. In frame 34, Sandi Ut...
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Greenlee Family in Car

Date: 1906
Description: Two men, two women, and a boy are posing sitting in an automobile parked in the yard next to a frame house. Probably Eugene J. Greenlee and son Eugene in t...
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Tree Planting Crew

Date: 05 1911
Description: A pickup truck carrying a crew of 12 men is parked between two automobiles in front of a barn. The truck is identified as "Bingham & Lawrence Fruit and Nur...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 62-69

Date: 
Description: The arrangements

Somebody takes care of it:
planning the details, announcements,
transportation,
setting the tone,
fitting all the likel...
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Visiting the Orchard

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: Family of four seated in a car near the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society orchard. The car is parked on a country road in front of a house.

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