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Warner and his Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom...
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Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 1904
Description: View of the crowd standing at the South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that destroyed most of the building. Because the University w...
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Cutover Forest Area

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Description: Forest area that once furnished employment for settlers, but through lack of reforestation was considered almost worthless at the time this image was creat...
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Eastmen Residence

Date: 1890
Description: View of the H.E. Eastmen residence. The house was located on the southwest corner of Porlier and Monroe Streets, and later the residence of Mrs. George G. ...
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People's Faces

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Description: A small, preliminary sketch of a gathering of people.
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Hile House

Date: 1921
Description: View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office...
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Northwestern Lumber Company Mill

Date: 1892
Description: Exterior view of the Northwestern Lumber Company mill.
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Mother Reading to Children

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Description: A mother reads to her two children outdoors.
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Lake Mendota Profile Rock

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Description: A view of Profile Rock at Farwell Point on Lake Mendota.
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St. Patrick's Church

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Description: View of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church on East Main Street.
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Acme 5% DDT Dust

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Description: Container of Acme 5% DDT Dust for vegetables, fruit, flowers and household.
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Standard Insect Spray with DDT

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Description: Can of Standard Insect Spray with DDT. The package features the Standard Oil logo.
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Blitz Fog Mosquito Control

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Description: Package of Blitz Fog Mosquito Control, which depicts a woman dispensing the product with a power fogger.
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Sherwin Gillett

Date: 1900
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Sherwin Gillett.
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Mrs. R.T. Connable

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Mrs. R.T. Connable, from Madison. Hand-coloring on cheeks and lips. She is wearing a ribbon around her ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Fargo

Date: 1903
Description: A souvenir photograph of Frank B. and Louise Morilla Mears Fargo, taken in Atlantic City. The couple is posing against a prop split rail fence in front of ...
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Paul Cowan

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Paul Cowan as a young man.
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Jeannette Holt Doing Laundry

Date: 1918
Description: Standing on the pier, Jeannette Holt is doing laundry by hand, using the washboard in an iron bucket that is sitting on the diving board. Archibald Lake an...
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Leonard Allen

Date: 1962
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Leonard Allen, who was NBC's Washington bureau director of the news operation from 1963-1973. He had a decades-long career in ne...

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