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Leaping the Chasm

Date: 1886
Description: Ashley Bennett, son of photographer H.H. Bennett, is captured in mid-air as he jumps to Stand Rock.
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Woman at Traveling Photographer's Wagon

Date: 1890
Description: A woman, possibly the daughter of C.R. Monroe, holding up an image of Black River Falls Main Street at the back of a traveling photographer's wagon.
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Pillar Rock, Fort Danger

Date: 07 1873
Description: Adams and Juneau Counties. Pillar Rock, Fort Danger. There is a man with an 8 x 10 camera in the foreground.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1433: A Cold Morning

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Description: Stereograph of five people huddled under blankets on a raft. The shadow of a camera and the photographer are in the foreground.
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Tourists at Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Unidentified group of tourists posing standing in Cold Water Canyon. There is a man in the background on the left with a camera.
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H.H. Bennett and Tent

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Description: H.H. Bennett boat, with a dark tent and eighteen-by-twenty-two camera at a riverbank. An assistant is reclining on the edge of the river next to the boat.
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H.H. Bennett and Camera Near Steamboat Rock

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Description: H.H. Bennett with camera near Steamboat Rock. There is a man on shore reading, and a woman in a canoe at the edge of the river.
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Portrait of Man with Top Hat and Cane

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man holding a cane in his left hand, standing beside a tall stump with a hat resting on top...
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Cassville Storefronts

Date: 1910
Description: Three storefronts on a dirt road. A man, said to be Charles Grimm, is driving a horse and buggy. The building in the center is Feiker's photo studio. Near ...
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Children Sitting Outdoors

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Description: A group of four young children sitting in a circle on the grass. Several buildings are in the background, and a few bare trees are on the right. The buildi...
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Vilas Park Beach

Date: 07 04 1949
Description: A man taking a picture of two women at the Vilas Park beach.
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Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
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Montage of Bloch and Gauer Lynching

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Description: Amusing montage of photography and artwork showing Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer hanging from a tree. Done for "The History."
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Frank Scherschel Strobe Photograph

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Description: Strobe photograph of Frank Scherschel walking on grass. There are thirteen different exposures showing Scherschel's movements across the frame.
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Olson and Eisenstaedt

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Description: Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt and Sigurd Olson, during the session when Eisenstadt photographed Olson for Life magazine.
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Crowd on Labor Day

Date: 1907
Description: View of a crowd on Labor Day. The street scene is on W. Second Street where horse-drawn vehicles are parked. To the left of the crowd is the Evans Building...
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Photograph of a Man Photographing Himself

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Description: A photograph of a man, M. Newman, taking a picture of himself outdoors. He appears twice. The photographer used a double exposure to create the picture. He...
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Woman at Lookout Cliff

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Description: View of a woman taking a photograph from Lookout Cliff at Devil's Lake. Below, a train runs through a field surrounded by trees.
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Filming a Prescribed Prairie Burn

Date: 1953
Description: Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn.
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Man Photographing Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: A man stands on an elevated platform attached to a tractor in a field while taking photographs of a hay baler in use at Hickory Hill, International Harvest...

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