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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant Patrick N.L. Bellinger, one of the first Navy flyers, piloting a U.S. Navy flying boat during the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico. During t... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Elevated view showing Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with a boat, train, and the buildings at Fort Howard. Fort Howard was incorporated into Green Bay. Captio... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of men on a lakeshore grapple with a giant pike. Two men pull on a rope hooked to the pike while two more stand ready with harpoon-like sticks. Ano... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View down the hill toward the U.S. Coast Guard Station on the left with two communications towers on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Railroad tracks are just ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Lake near the home, probably Lake Hincks, which was named after General Edward W. Hincks who was administrator of the Home in the 1870's. The grounds consi... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across water toward Fort Sumter. Caption reads: "Fort Sumter, Charleston, S. C." |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin Veterans' Home campus beside Chain O' Lakes and the village of King. Text on reverse reads: "Founded in 1887 by The Grand A... |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned photographic postcard view from hill looking down towards men standing on the pier at the Veterans' Home. A water tower is across the water. Ca... |
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| Description: | View of the cannon at Riverside Park. Automobiles are parked by the river on the left. Caption reads: "Riverside Park, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | An unidentified woman, wearing a hat and standing in a skiff is aiming a gun toward the shore of the mill pond (Montello Lake). The printed inscription on ... |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Painting of a woman standing on a beach and holding a spear point in her hand. In the sand near her is a spear, several arrowheads, and a bag. She is weari... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards Fort Howard. In the foreground is a man standing on a pier, and in the water nearby are five men rowing in a boat. Capti... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across water towards the Coast Guard Station on Lake Michigan. Cutters are moored next to a sea wall. Caption reads: "Coast Guar... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | View of a submarine launch at the Manitowoc shipyards. Caption reads: "Launching of the "Peto", Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Waupaca, Wis. Wisconsin Veteran Home, Dock and Water Tower, Chain O'Lakes." Elevated view from hill of a man on a pier, walking towar... |
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