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City Boathouse

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view toward Lake Mendota towards the City Boathouse, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The boathouse was at the foot of North Carroll Stre...
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William F. Vilas Library

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the library in the William F. Vilas residence, at 12 East Gilman Street.
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William F. Vilas House

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Description: Exterior view of the William F. Vilas house,at 12 East Gilman Street.
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Office

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Description: Exterior view of the offices of the "Wisconsin State Journal" at 117 East Washington Avenue. Posing in front of the building are David Atwood, John Hawks, ...
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Pickerel Billy with a Display of Pickerels

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Description: William Dunn, known as Pickerel Billy, standing behind a display of twelve pickerels. Pickerel Billy supplied pickerels from Lake Mendota to downtown hotel...
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Two Men Sitting on a Drain Pipe

Date: 1920
Description: Dredging Lakewood Bay to fill the lots for sale in Lakewood. The men are sitting side-by-side on the drainpipe with their bare feet in the water. There is ...
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Steamboat Mendota

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Description: View of the steamboat Mendota under construction. A number of men, and one young child, are standing and posing with the boat. In the background is ...
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Three Men Photographed with a Concealed Vest Camera

Date: 1886
Description: An image of three men taken with a Stirn Concealed Vest Pocket Camera. The #1 Detective Camera held a 14cm round glass plate for making six 4cm wide round ...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 1

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest camera owned by Stanley Hanks. These six images are of young men engaged in out...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 2

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Description: Six circular images of people in various outdoor activities on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. One is of a long, porch; one of...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 3

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Most of the images are primarily of young men posing near or in boats, ...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 4

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. The images are of young men and women posing near a shoreline or on boa...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 5

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Young men and women are posing in boats near a shoreline. Two images ar...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 6

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Three are of puppies, one is of a small boy, and another is of a group ...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 7

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Four of the images are of individuals or small groups of people, who ma...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 8

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Description: Five circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera, with one spot unexposed. Starting on the left is: view from shoreline ...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 9

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Description: Six circular images, of small groups of people in a variety of activities, on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera.
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 10

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. One of the images is of a black dog standing on its hind legs; another ...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 11

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. The same young man wearing a suit is in two images; three images are of...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 12

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Five of the images are of various young women, each posing alone in fro...

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