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Street Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Small town business district with a group of men and women posed on the board sidewalk on the right. Another group of men and boys are on and around a trac...
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Baptist Church, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: View down road and sidewalk towards a Baptist church. Caption reads: "Baptist Church, Sheboygan Falls, Wis."
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Two Women in Buggy

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Description: Two women in a buggy driving a team of two horses. The woman on the right is possibly Margie Sprester.
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Elephants in Circus Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching elephants in a circus parade. In the foreground are power lines and telephone poles.
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Crowd Watching Parade

Date: 1898
Description: View of crowd watching a parade. Elevated view taken from the Van Schaick studio; the same building housed the telephone exchange.
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Machinery at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 08 11 1910
Description: The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ...
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Main Office and Cement House at Power Dam

Date: 1911
Description: Newly constructed office building at construction site, with buggy in attached shed.
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International PD-80 Diesel Power Unit

Date: 1938
Description: An International PD-80 diesel power unit used to power an A.B. Carroll Lumber Company sawmill. Several men are at work on the site; trees, and what appears...
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Cattle Driven Down a Street

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Description: View of cattle being driven down a street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Covington, LA."
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Canadian Pacific Railway Depot

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Description: View of the Canadian Pacific Railway depot in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. A number of men are waiting near the depot and on the right is a luggage cart ...
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Washington Street

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Description: A view of Washington Street. Trees line the street, as do telephone and/or electric lines. A carriage is parked on the right side of the street, in the mid...
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Martin Lein/Lien's Funeral

Date: 05 1911
Description: Panoramic view from street of Martin Lein/Lien's funeral procession, showing Main and Water Streets before the flood of 1911. The procession includes sever...
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Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view from railroad tracks of the Depot. Four men are standing alongside the depot building near a wheeled cart. The building features two signs, o...
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Electric Light Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the Eastman power plant. Two children pose on a metal cylinder outside the plant. The text on the photograph reads, "The Best electric light pl...
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Main Street

Date: 06 1900
Description: View down Main Street.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 735-742

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Description: The disconnection sways,
rings out the moving targets racing with the mind in mathematic sound
that vanish in the distance and then appear again
a...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 743-749

Date: 
Description: Far out

The last report on peace to reach us here
was neither a promise nor easy Faith

but the hardest of all, the waiting for never
an...
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor to Pull Carts

Date: 06 11 1925
Description: A man is driving an industrial tractor pulling a train of carts. The carts are loaded with parts, tanks, and barrels. In the background are factory buildin...
Postcard

Nashotah Depot

Date: 1910
Description: An elevated view of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul train depot at Nashotah. A woman is standing on the wooden sidewalk at left, near a small shelter. ...

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