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Flight Crew for the Wisconsin Football Team

Date: 10 07 1948
Description: Group portrait of the flight crew for the University of Wisconsin football team trip to Oakland, California. The crew is pilot J.A. Anderson, Chicago; firs...
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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 04 1958
Description: 18-year-old Pat Stoycheff is shown with his mother, Mrs. George Stoycheff, in Gov. Vernon Thompson's office prior to his 8-day trip to Spain as "Young Colu...
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Railroad Engineer Charles Thiede with Crew

Date: 11 29 1947
Description: Charles Thiede, 2218 Rusk Street, is shown with his crew members before his last round-trip to Chicago. He is retiring after 41 years with the Chicago Nort...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic diocese as he boards a Chicago-bound train on the first leg of his trip to Rome, where he will report to...
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Black River Falls Barbershop

Date: 1895
Description: The interior of a barbershop with customers in chairs and barbers at work. Numerous mirrors, pictures, and lamps are hanging from the walls and ceiling.
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Leaving House in Monaco [sic]

Date: 04 26 1935
Description: Family, including two children standing, a woman carrying another child, and a man who is carrying suitcases, leaving a house.
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Men at Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. In the foreground one man is sitting on a pile of logs.
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Newspaper Carriers Leave for Washington D.C.

Date: 08 16 1954
Description: Madison Newspapers, Inc. newsboy, Fred Ciebell (from Edgerton) waving goodbye from a window to his parents, Wes and Elaine Ciebell, and brother. Fred is in...
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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Portrait of Mr. Hendricks

Date: 1895
Description: A studio portrait of Mr. William W. Hendricks, a Black River Falls barber, dressed in his best, posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Men Posing Outside Local Businesses

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Description: Seventeen men and boys are posing in front of the storefronts on a sidewalk on the north side of Main Street, between First and Second Streets, including O...
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Young Columbus Contest Winner

Date: 04 07 1960
Description: Contest winner George Byrne, surrounded by his family, wears an overcoat, white shirt, tie and fedora (hat) while holding a TWA travel bag. The original ca...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses...
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber - Anaglyph

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left loads lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon while a man in an apron holds the horses. There is ...
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Fishing Trip

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men are standing in front of the Holt family home on Main Street. Several of the men are holding fishing poles, and they appear ready to go on a...
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Corn Crops in Taylor County

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional cards showing the plentiful corn crops of John Carstens, created to attract farmers to the agricultural ...

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