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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the miners who work at Optimal Mine. They are seated outdoors on the grass, and are wearing work clothes and hats. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A completed Chippewa (Ojibwa) lodge and a lodge under construction. A Native American woman is stitching something on the completed lodge. Another Native A... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | A group of soldiers posing in rows, some kneeling and holding their rifles. Caption reads: "May 1886 Co. F Wisconsin National Guard at Milwaukee riots." |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | A striking machine used to train boxers. The dial displayed the force used when the pad was punched by a boxer. |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing an elevated view of the Newhall House fire. A large crowd is gathered in the foreground observing the fire and fire... |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing a man leaping from the burning Newhall House and being caught in a large canvas held taut by a group of men. |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing two women attempting to escape the burning Newhall House by lowering themselves from a window using blankets tied t... |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing fire fighters rescuing a woman from the burning Newhall House. |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing people clinging to a windowsill on the Newhall House attempting to escape the burning building. One woman in the fo... |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Engraving showing people attempting to locate loved ones among the bodies recovered from the Newhall House fire. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Engraved print of four men and a dog in a boat on Lake Winnebago. Two of the men are in the center of the boat holding hunting rifles, while one man is sta... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards a farm in a valley, with wooded bluffs in the background. In the foreground, a fence is at the top of the hill overlooking the farm.... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a farm, with farmhouse, barn, outbuildings, and fences. The photograph appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Le... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | View towards a house and farm buildings. Caption reads: "Barneveld, Wis. Vic[inity]. Ridgeway Twp [township], Hwy [Highway] K. House built 1878 by William ... |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | A wooden building enclosed by a fence. Caption on rear of photograph reads: First Church In Sauk-Prairie-Roxbury Region - 1846. Reproduction of an early ph... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Perry Lutheran Evangelical Church, which is misspelled in the caption as "Parry Norw. Luth. Church." The photograph was taken some time between... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a church surrounded by a picket fence. A man is standing on the front steps. Caption reads: "Zoar Church, ca. 1890. Near Oshkosh Wis. and ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior of church, which is partially obscured by trees. |
| Date: | 03 23 1896 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of twenty men and women, posing casually, but wearing suits and dresses. The image reverse identifies them as members of the Up-To-Date Club... |
| Date: | 02 1881 |
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| Description: | Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of fifteen well-dressed men and women. Caption identifies them as members of the Pecan Club, attending the Su... |
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