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Sinking of the Lady Elgin

Date: 1859
Description: A page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper detailing the sinking of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, in 1860. One sketch is of Edward...
Drawing

Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau

Date: 1872
Description: The sidewheel packet, Red Wing, in the Mississippi River near Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
Print

Sinking of the Lady Elgin

Date: 09 22 1860
Description: Sketch from the "New York Illustrated News" of the sinking of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin. She was struck and sunk by the Augusta on ...
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Steamer Minnieta

Date: 1870
Description: The sternwheel excursion, Minnieta, on the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, in the 1870's.
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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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First Streetcars in Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: First electric street railway service in Wisconsin.
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Old Oshkosh and New Oshkosh

Date: 1890
Description: A large group of people posing with "Old Oshkosh," a horse-drawn streetcar, and "New Oshkosh," an electric trolley.
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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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Indians Fishing From Boats

Date: 07 16 1898
Description: A group of Ojibwa men fishing from boats.
Drawing

In a Stiff Current

Date: 03 1892
Description: Three men are dragging their canoe upriver through a strong current. In the background other men are standing on the far river bank near canoes pulled up o...
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Law Office

Date: 1894
Description: Patent attorney Charles L. Goss (seated), with clerk Arthur Muerless in the law offices of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
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Stenographers

Date: 1894
Description: Stenographers at the law firm of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
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Wisconsin Soldiers in the Spanish-American War

Date: 1898
Description: Men from Wisconsin Rapids who bore arms against Spain in the Spanish-American War. From left to right in front of a painted backdrop are Charles N. Laramie...
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: The football team from Platteville Normal School.
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Women's Basketball Team

Date: 1899
Description: Women's basketball team poses for a group portrait.
Print

The Slide

Date: 1880
Description: Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow.
Photograph

19th Century Dorm Room

Date: 05 1899
Description: A student studies in his dorm room.
Manuscript

German Scientist with Test Tube

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of a scientist in his lab gazing at a test tube, with a caption in German that translates to "Eureka! I have found it!".
Photograph

Clippers Baseball Team

Date: 1886
Description: The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of members of a Whitewater, Wisconsin football team.

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