Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Silas Pifer (second from left), George Standon (third from left) and two other men pose with their Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Fourth from left is anothe... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Dressed in his cycling outfit, Silas Wright Pifer poses next to his Harley-Davidson Motorcycle. |
Date: | 1914 |
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Description: | John J. Suhr residence at 121 Langdon Street, designed by City Engineer and architect Captain John Nadar. Built in 1886 for immigrant John J. Suhr, Sr. (18... |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison. |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh. |
Date: | 1928 |
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Description: | The "Spirit of St. Louis," flown by Charles Lindbergh, was the first airplane to fly non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh returned to Madison... |
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Description: | Elevated view from railing of immigrants boarding a ferry to depart Ellis Island. |
Date: | 1942 |
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Description: | Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout. |
Date: | 1946 |
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Description: | Windsled "Hurricane Hazel" on Chequamegon. One man is sitting in the windsled, Another man is standing on the ice. |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-... |
Date: | 1947 |
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Description: | Three men at the University of Wisconsin, with tent and sign that reads "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent". |
Date: | 1867 |
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Description: | A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ... |
Date: | 1852 |
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Description: | Illustration of four Indians on Madeline Island with a canoe in the water on the shore. |
Date: | 1954 |
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Description: | Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Man driving windsled on frozen Lake Superior. The windsled is an open boat fitted with an engine and rudder. |
Date: | 12 1948 |
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Description: | Two men docking a ferry boat at La Pointe in December. Ferry service closed two days after this photograph was taken. |
Date: | 04 1949 |
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Description: | Two men standing on dock watching the "Penguine" and the "Apostle Island" breaking the ice around the La Pointe dock. |
Date: | 04 10 1948 |
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Description: | Man standing on dock watching the ferry "Gar-How" coming to dock on the first trip in spring. |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Captain F.A. Bishoff and engineer Dan Cook on board the ferry "Plowboy." |
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