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| Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of people walking to the mine (in the distance) after a disaster. Caption reads: "Scene at Mine Disaster, Cherry,... |
| Date: | 09 14 1911 |
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| Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers in a Wright Model B at Appleton Baseball Park. Cal Rodgers, a member of the famous Perry family, learned to fly at the Wright Flyin... |
| Date: | 09 05 1913 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's first air fatality was P.C. Davis, an exhibition pilot from Chicago, who died as a result of injuries sustained during an aerial performance in... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Road workers grading a rural country road with an Avery tractor and wooden grading blocks. The image was cropped from a postcard collected by International... |
| Date: | 11 04 1909 |
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| Description: | Color postcard depicting Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit flying his Curtiss Pusher for the first time, November 4, 1909. Warner was the first person in Wisco... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Prairie Farm Creamery with horse-drawn wagons in front. Caption reads: "Prairie Farm Creamery, Pr. Farm, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Cochrane and the surrounding landscape. There are houses, railroad tracks, distant fields, a pond and some irrigation canals. Caption read... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Crandon—Wis. From Teachworth Hill". |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across field and fence downhill towards the town of Fish Creek and the bay. Caption reads: "Greetings from Fish Creek, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across field toward the hospital. Caption reads: "St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of Holy Hill, with a field and the Hillside Hotel in the foreground. Captions read: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage" and "The Holy Hill and Hi... |
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| Description: | View of the Van Brunt plant. The Van Brunt Manufacturing Company began in 1860 when brothers George and Daniel Van Brunt patented a design for a combinatio... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view toward the lumber company. A bridge over a river is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Looking South from City Hall Tower, Wausau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of La Crosse. Caption reads: "Panorama of La Crosse, Wis. from Grand Dad's Bluff." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of two automobiles crossing a toll bridge. There are cherries on branches at the top of the postcard. Caption reads: "In Door County 'Cherryland,' The... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops towards a main street during berry season. Horse-drawn wagons are gathered further down the street near an intersection. The Mo... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Dunn County Normal and Agricultural School. Caption reads: "Normal, Menomonie, Wis." |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | The "Colonial Farm House" in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Caption reads: "Colonial Farm House, Harvester Farm,... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of bridge over Wisconsin River built in 1921 to take the place of the old wooden bridge when it became condemned. Caption reads: "Prairie Du ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A man and a boy use dollies to haul giant musk melons near a train. In red text on the upper center portion is the inscription, "How we do things at Bald K... |
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