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Alexander Mitchell at Canyon

Date: 09 04 1882
Description: Elevated view across water towards the steamboat Alexander Mitchell moored in the canyon along the shoreline. Captain Dave and passengers are posing...
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Alexander Mitchell

Date: 07 14 1883
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell docked at the edge of the river. Captain Dave and passengers are posing on board. B...
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Alexander Mitchell

Date: 09 03 1882
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell and the back of a second unidentified steamboat at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers...
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Alexander Mitchell

Date: 09 04 1882
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers on the lower level are posing standing. There i...
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Hornet's Nest

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Description: West side of Hornet's Nest. One man sitting on top edge, one sitting at right under overhang, three in background below overhang.
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What to Wear on UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Jeffrey Renk and Annette Letendre, Madison Edgewood high school graduates and freshmen at the University of Wisconsin pose in formal attire for attending f...
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Snow Study of Main Hall

Date: 03 30 1900
Description: Winter scene near Main Hall (Bascom Hall) drive on the University of Wisconsin campus. View looking uphill towards two men standing on and near a sidewalk....
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. Hill, trees and fields are in the background. A man is standing near a small obs...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad

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Description: Wisconsin Central railroad locomotive no. 120 at the railroad station. Engineer Clelland McVick is standing in the gangway, and a woman who is presumably h...
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The First of the Nakomas

Date: 10 30 1915
Description: Outdoor group portrait of people identified as "settlers" (lot buyers) to the Nakoma development. Many of the people are wearing or holding a long-stemmed ...
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At the Dells

Date: 1910
Description: A group of three men and four women, probably members of the Von der Sump family, posing for a casual portrait on a rock formation at the Wisconsin Dells.
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Holy Hill Visiting Group

Date: 1922
Description: View of a Holy Hill visiting group including Charles E. Brown (left), archeologist of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and John S. Donald, Wiscon...
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Logging Scene

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Description: Stereograph view up snowy hill towards a well-dressed group in the distance posing with logs. Perhaps the company executives and their wives.
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Unidentified Group of People

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Description: Outdoor portrait of women and men posing sitting on a set of stairs on a hill.
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Parade Dispersing

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Description: Elevated view of spectators and a marching band leaving a parade. There are bridges crossing a river in the background.
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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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Outdoor Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of an unidentified man posing standing near a hill and young trees. He is wearing dark-colored trousers, suit coat, necktie, a...
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Group of People Under a Tree

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man, two women, and a girl sitting, a woman standing, and a boy climbing a tree on a hillside.
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Group Posed at the Foot of Silver Mound

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Description: Two women and fourteen men posed standing and sitting in front of a log building, probably at the foot of "Silver Mound" near Hixton. One seated man is pos...
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Unidentified Residence

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Description: View from street of a wooden house with a front porch covered with a vine. Three people are posing standing in the yard behind a wooden fence. There are bu...

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