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Future Site of the State Archives Preservation Facility

Date: 11 11 2015
Description: Front entrance to the State of Wisconsin's Central Services Building, located at 201 S. Dickinson Street. The building contained Transportation Services an...
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Future Site of the State Archives Preservation Facility

Date: 11 11 2015
Description: View from the north side, looking east, of the State of Wisconsin's Central Services Building, located at 201 S. Dickinson Street. The building contained T...
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Milwaukee Road Repair Shop

Date: 10 1983
Description: The Milwaukee Road freight car repair shop at 3301 West Canal Street.
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Milwaukee Road Sheetmetal Shop

Date: 10 1983
Description: The Milwaukee Road Shops interior sheetmetal shop, formerly the car paint and repair shop, at 3301 West Canal Street.
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Milwaukee Road Sheetmetal Shop

Date: 10 1983
Description: The Milwaukee Road sheetmetal shop, formerly formerly known as the car paint and repair shop, located at 3301 West Canal Street.
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Waterfall at the Quarry

Date: 1905
Description: A winter view of the dam, left, on the Montello River and ice formations under the shed on the right. The polishing shed of the Montello Granite Company is...
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Lucy A. Kaufmann

Date: 1905
Description: Lucy Kaufmann poses in an open, wooded area holding a hoe. She is wearing a tattered hat; her skirt and blouse are torn. There are two sheds and woodpiles ...
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Dr. Lange

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man is standing on the bank of the Montello River just below the dam, which was owned and operated by the Montello Granite Company. On the o...
General Information

The Wisconsin Historical Society-Water Council Partnership

Documenting History in Real Time
The Wisconsin Historical Society recognizes the Water Council as a contemporary history maker and seeks to ensure that its records are preserved.
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Port Side of the Shipwreck Home

Date: 2005
Description: Underwater view of the port side of the wreck of the schooner Home.
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Deck of the Schooner Home

Date: 06 02 2015
Description: Underwater view of the deck of the schooner Home, taken from the bow.
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The Port Anchor of the Schooner Home

Date: 09 28 2005
Description: Underwater view of the port anchor on the schooner Home. The anchor and chain are resting against the port side of the ship near the bow, partially ...
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Exploring the Schooner Home

Date: 02 03 2011
Description: Underwater overhead view of the schooner Home taken from the starboard side near the stern. Two underwater archeologists are swimming over the site ...
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Studying the Collision Damage of the Schooner Home

Date: 02 03 2011
Description: Underwater overhead view of the collision damage and the deck of the schooner Home. Two underwater archeologists are surveying the site.
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The Stern of the Schooner Home

Date: 2008
Description: Underwater view of the stern of the schooner Home resting on the bottom of Lake Michigan. One of the masts is broken and is bending over the port si...
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The Bow of the Schooner Home

Date: 06 12 2008
Description: Underwater view of the bow of the schooner Home. The port anchor is hanging along the port side of the ship. The bowsprit is laying on the lake bed ...
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The Deck of the Schooner Home

Date: 06 12 2008
Description: Underwater view of the deck of the schooner Home, taken from the port side near the bow. The structure in the center of the deck is the centerboard ...
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Collision Damage on the Schooner Home

Date: 06 22 2015
Description: Underwater view of the starboard side of the bow of the schooner Home, the site of the collision damage that sank the ship. The sampson post and win...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 207-215

Date: 
Description: The log who was made King of Logs is here entombed
eight round, ten long

For his design, the strengthened forest
capriciously outgrew them all...
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The Christmas Tree Ship

Date: 05 01 2014
Description: Underwater view of the bow of the Rouse Simmons with a Christmas tree placed on it. Local divers, every year (typically on the date the Rouse Sim...

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