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Out of Boat Cave

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Description: Two men navigating their canoe through caves at the Wisconsin Dells.
Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Photograph

H.H. Bennett on "Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: H.H. Bennett and group of men posing on bow of "Dell Queen" steamboat. There are two men with violins, one with a harp.
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Opening to No. 2 Mine

Date: 12 11 1918
Description: Two men, at least one of them a miner, standing in front of the no. 7 opening to the no. 2 mine. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harve...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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People Seated in front of Hermitage

Date: 1910
Description: Group of men, women, and children seated on a bench and on the ground outside the Hermitage (Cedar Bark Lodge) on Hermit Island (Wilson Island). Included a...
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Messenger's Spring

Date: 1906
Description: Four men, identified as Charles E. Brown of Milwaukee, Joyce W. Caron, H.E. Cole (second from right), and A.B. Stout, all of Baraboo, rest at Messenger's S...
Photograph

Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Recording History

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Description: Journalist Cecil Brown, then with the Mutual Broadcasting Network, carrying the portable recorder that he used for interviewing while he was reporting on o...
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Two Men Posing with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are posing in a field with a grain binder and two horses. One man is sitting on the binder seat, and the other man is leaning on the binder behind ...
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J.J. Hof Land Co.

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Description: Six men in suits and hats, probably employees of J.J. Hof Land Co., in front of the company office building.
Photograph

Violet Lee Dousman and Fellow Travelers in Egypt

Date: 1896
Description: Group portrait including Violet Lee Dousman (back row, 4th from left) and her fellow travelers on a trip to Egypt.
Postcard

Man Standing Next To Headstone

Date: 1930
Description: A man stands next to a headstone in a cemetery. He is wearing a suit and hat. The name on the headstone is "LOKKE."
Photograph

Group of Men and a Young Girl

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Description: View across field towards a group of men and a young girl posing in a field. In the background are trees.
Photograph

Mr. Papke

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Paepcke, identified as an accountant, in white suit, poses with two unidentified men on large rocks on the shore of Europe Bay. Plum Island and Detroit...
Photograph

Men in Plowed Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: Group of well-dressed men standing in front of a plowed segment of Horicon Marsh.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 62-69

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Description: The arrangements

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

Man and Woman Seated on a Hillside

Date: 1898
Description: Man and woman seated on an overgrown hillside. The woman has ferns on her lap and is holding an umbrella. Inscribed on reverse of original mount: "B.D.L. a...
Photograph

Silver Wedding of Bradford and Alice Gillett

Date: 1905
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the 25th wedding anniversary of Bradford and Alice Gillett — Sherwin Gillett's uncle and aunt, seated in the center. The other gu...
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Threshing Scene

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Description: A scene in a field of men posing on and near a thresher. A man sits on a wagon with four or five pairs of horses standing around him. There is an oval-shap...

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