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Medical Tent

Date: 1910
Description: Medical tent with what appears to be a patient in a bed, and doctor standing near a medical cabinet. The photograph is part of an album devoted to Internat...
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony Officers

Date: 07 06 1932
Description: Officers of Camp Gallistella, formerly known as the tent colony, posing in front of a tent home. Also known as Camp Gallistella on the south shore of Lake ...
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Madison Roofing Company Booth

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: A man standing in the Madison Roofing Company booth at the Dane County Fair displaying various samples of roofing materials.
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Silent Glow Oil Burner Booth

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Sales personnel pose in the Silent Glow oil burner booth with an oil burning kitchen stove, furnaces, and portable styles of oil burners at the Dane Count...
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Powwow Group from 1908 Homecoming with Dream Drum

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posed standing behind a Dream Drum in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming, ident...
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Professor J. Duke Elkow and his family stand at their "summer home" at the University of Wisconsin tent colony on Lake Mendota.
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Group of People Under Awning

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Description: Six women, two men, and a girl are posing sitting and standing near a table under the awning of two tents in a clearing in the woods.
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Apiary Tent Display

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Description: Three men and a boy standing outside a tent with a sign reading "Apiary." Beekeeping supplies, including hives and frames are displayed inside and outside ...
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Visiting a Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Businessmen visiting a log drive down the Wisconsin River. One man wearing a vest sits in a boat holding a peavey hook over his shoulder. Other men wearing...
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Posing on the Cooks Tent

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down from riverbank of four businessmen and the log driving cook posing on the cooks tent barge during the log drive.
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Four Friends and a Dog in a Tent

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Description: Arnold Gesell (2nd from left) and three friends posing in the open doorway of a tent, with a dog resting in the grass. The men are wearing trousers, shirts...
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Ceremony at Normandy Groundbreaking

Date: 08 28 2004
Description: The Normandy Interpretive Center groundbreaking ceremony. Soldiers carrying the American flag march between two tents filled with guests. Participants in t...
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Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view from sidewalk of a crowd of men, women and children gathered about the stalls at the Hustler Harvest Festival. On the left side thre...
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Shooting a Rifle

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Description: View of two men standing among tents. with one of the men aiming a rifle up into the air.
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Ford and Fordson Exhibit

Date: 1924
Description: View across field towards a large canvas tent set up for the Ford and Fordson Exhibit by the Rock County Authorized Dealers. There are a number of Fordson ...
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McCormick-Deering Industrial Power Display

Date: 1938
Description: Group portrait taken inside a tent at the Indiana State Fair showing eight men in suits, hats and ties, some holding walking canes, standing beneath an ele...
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Isaac Stephenson and George Peck's Fishing Trip

Date: 1912
Description: A group of men sit in chairs close together around the entrance of an open tent. In the background are trees and more tents. The men are wearing shirts, bo...
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Governor Davidson and Staff

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Description: Governor James O. Davidson (sitting second from the left), outdoors in front of a tent with six other men, three standing and three sitting. There is a whi...
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Western Canoe Association Members

Date: 1894
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Western Canoe Association members lounging in front of their tent camp. They are all wearing caps or hats. Near the center of the...
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Group of Men Posing in front of Railroad Car

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Description: Large group of men wearing suits posing in front of a railroad car outdoors. There are tents in the background on the right.

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