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Boy with Radio Kit

Date: 10 02 1954
Description: Boy with radio kit, experimenting with a two tube radio receiver.
Photograph

Pilot Behncke and ALPA

Date: 1920
Description: Commercial pilot Dave Behnke, who later headed Airline Pilots Association, signing for a load of airmail. After service as a pilot during World War I, Behn...
Photograph

Australian Truck Driver Waits for Kangaroo

Date: 1975
Description: Color photograph of Australian truck driver watching a kangaroo from the cab of his International 4000 series truck.
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Locomotives

Date: 02 02 1988
Description: Two Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotives near the Consolidated Papers pulpmill at Wisconsin Rapids. Snow is on the ground, and heavy smoke is coming out ...
Map or Atlas

Town of Windsor Plat

Date: 1861
Description: Dane County plat map of the town of Windsor.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The color illustration features six young children ...
Photograph

Dudley/Deutsches House

Date: 1940
Description: Deutsches Haus, formerly the Dudley house.
Photograph

Jefferson Prairie Marker

Date: 1952
Description: The Jefferson Prairie Marker, a monument marking the settlement of Jefferson Prairie in 1838. The text on the marker reads: Ole Knutson Nattestad, first No...
Photograph

North Henry Street House Interior

Date: 1951
Description: Interior of the back hall of a house at 524 North Henry Street.
Photograph

North Henry Street House Interior

Date: 1951
Description: Interior view of the house at 524 North Henry Street, showing the first floor stairway down to the lower level.
Photograph

North Henry Street House Interior

Date: 1951
Description: An interior view of a house at 524 North Henry Street, looking at the second floor through a stairwell.
Photograph

Samuel & Caroline Klauber Home

Date: 1948
Description: The Samuel & Caroline Klauber home at 115 West Wilson Street.
Document

Swiss Baptismal Certificate

Date: 1812
Description: Swiss baptismal certificate, Glarus.
Photograph

Fannie Lou Hamer

Date: 
Description: Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 - 1977), an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader, visiting the Highlander Folk School. Two men are standing in th...
Photograph

Plucking Chickens

Date: 
Description: Some unidentified people plucking chicken feathers at an unidentified location.
Photograph

The Old Water Tower from The Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol looking east, towards the old Water Works tower on East Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Lincoln's Second Inauguration

Date: 03 04 1865
Description: Large crowd gathered for Lincoln's second inauguration.
Print

Volunteers!

Date: 
Description: Civil War recruitment poster for the Union Volunteers.
Map or Atlas

Verona Township Map

Date: 1861
Description: A map of the Verona Township, which is a section of a larger Dane County map.
Map or Atlas

Verona Township Map

Date: 1914
Description: The Verona township, a detail of the Dane County, Wisconsin map of land ownership.

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