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Menominee & Marinette Light and Traction Company Streetcar

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Description: Menominee and Marinette Light and Traction Company's 1890s era streetcar drawn by a team of horses.
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Fire Chief William Thomas Fish

Date: 1868
Description: William Thomas Fish, who served as Madison's fire chief, 1867-1868. Although posed for a formal studio portrait, Fish is wearing his uniform and hat and h...
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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Serving Breakfast at Rennebohms

Date: 1979
Description: Barbara the waitress serves breakfast to Steve Kimbrough at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant while Albert Friedman drinks coffee and waits f...
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Breakfast at Rennebohms

Date: 1979
Description: A waitress serves ham and eggs to Steven O. Kimbrough at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. Chuck Patch, Kimbrough's breakfast companion, has...
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Three Rennebohm Waitresses

Date: 1979
Description: Waitresses Carlene, Laura, and Corey, pose for a photograph at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. To the left, Steve Kimbrough, seated with h...
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Band Member with Tuba

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Description: A man wearing a band uniform rests his hand on a tuba and poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Winnebago County Asylum Staff

Date: 1930
Description: Group portrait outdoors of the administrative and nursing staff of the Winnebago County Asylum. Pictured in the center back row is E.E. Manuel, the Superin...
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Staff Members of Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Group portrait of Winnebago County Asylum staff members sitting on steps, including the Superintendent, E.E. Manuel, seated in the back row, far right. Geo...
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William Howard Taft in Milwaukee

Date: 09 17 1909
Description: President Taft walking along a path at the Soldier's Home where he addressed veterans. Several others accompany the President, including Mayor David S. Ros...
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Civil War Reunion

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the reunion of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry at the Soldier's Home.
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Fidel Castro and Others Conversing on Porch

Date: 1958
Description: Five men, including Fidel Castro, and Celia Sanchez stand together in discussion on a shaded porch in the country during the Cuban Revolution.
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Theresa Fire Company

Date: 03 1983
Description: "Theresa Fire Company."
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Waupun State Prison Band

Date: 1898
Description: String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello...
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Mailman and His Family

Date: 1890
Description: On the right a mailman is standing with his horse and cart. The cart is labeled "RFD Route No.1" and "U.S. Mail." Members of his family, one boy and one gi...
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Obey and Young at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) and Florida Congressman Young tour the destruction at the World Trade Center with an FBI guide a few days after...
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General T.S. Allen

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Description: Studio portrait of Gen. T.S. Allen in uniform. He is standing with one hand on an ornate chair.
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Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the dining room in the McCormick Works Club House. A waiter stands near the door to the kitchen in the background.
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Wisconsin Circuit Court

Date: 1895
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court in session at the second hearing of the trial of Emery, Lord and Houston for murder. The case also had two Circuit Court hearings.<...
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Man Wearing Odd Fellows Regalia

Date: 1890
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified man standing and resting his arm on the back of an upholstered chair...

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