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Katherine Verikios

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: Katherine Verikios, 10, 1135 E. Mifflin Street, wearing fur-trimmed coat. She won the Madison Label Saving contest and received a new Chevrolet.
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Man Posing in Old Car

Date: 1918
Description: A man poses behind the wheel of a car in the foreground. In the background on the left two women are on the porch of a building with a false front. In the ...
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Farmhouse Facade

Date: 1915
Description: View across lawn toward the front of the house, with a stone front porch and a balcony above. A fence is along the right and left bordering the yard. Field...
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Men in Front of Brown Corliss Engine Company Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Several men posing in front of the newly constructed Brown Corliss Engine Co. machine factory. Caption reads: "Corliss, Wis. About 1901. Men in front of ma...
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Greenwood Mills

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Description: Slightly elevated view toward several buildings. Fences run between them, marking yards. Caption reads: "River Falls, Wis. View showing Greenwood Mills and...
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To Move Monument Five Miles

Date: 1917
Description: View of the Ames monument, built to memorialize Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames Jr., who were instrumental in completing the Union Pacific portion of the transc...
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Dean Amhaus

Date: 1992
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Dean Amhaus, around the time he became Executive Director of the Wisconsin Arts Board. Amhaus served on the Wisconsin Arts Board...
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Herbert Krueger

Date: 06 27 1910
Description: A young boy with bare feet and wearing overalls is sitting on a chair in front of a porch enclosure or support with decorative latticework on the sides. Th...
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Billings Station

Date: 1922
Description: Angled view across two sets of railroad tracks toward a depot, which has numerous carts lined up on the platform. On the far right a man is standing next t...
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First Artesian Well in DePere

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people standing near an artesian well. Men wearing long coats and hats to protect them from the water are standing on and unde...
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This Train For Racine

Date: 1900
Description: Several men pose on a station platform in front of a locomotive and railroad car at the end of the railroad tracks. A man standing in the center is wearing...
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Farmhouse with Windmill Tower

Date: 1915
Description: View across fence toward a house, with a windmill in the side yard. Pumping machinery is under the windmill tower support. An outbuilding is in the backgro...
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Two Women in Old Car

Date: 1918
Description: Two women are seated in a car in front of a house. A small fence and a board sidewalk is between the car and the house in the background on the left.
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Greenwood Mills and Surrounding Buildings

Date: 1879
Description: Slightly elevated view across a river toward a large building with Greenwood Mills written on the side. The mill is reflected in the river in the foregroun...
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Excavation in Circular Mound

Date: 11 01 1947
Description: Men are working in a hole dug in the ground, which is roped off with stakes. Caption reads: "Excavation in circular mound on R. J. Harker property, Frost W...
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Flying to Sweden

Date: 09 12 1962
Description: Two men stand outside the door to a Pan American airplane. Caption reads: "Leaving New York's Idlewild Airport on way to international conference in Sweden...
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Special Orchard Disk Harrow for California (Experimental)

Date: 09 21 1926
Description: A man driving a tractor is using a disk harrow in a field. In the background is an IH plant.
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Man Harvesting Beans

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Description: Rear view of a man harvesting beans in a field. In the background on the left is a horse-drawn buggy.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

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Description: A man is standing behind a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. The horses are wearing fly-nets. There are corn shocks on the right.
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View of River

Date: 07 31 1920
Description: View down river, with trees along the banks.

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