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| Date: | 12 02 1855 |
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| Description: | The Capital House bill of fare for Sunday, December 2, 1855. Proprietors were Nelson & Russell. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The third Wisconsin Capitol (the second in Madison) as it appeared shortly after the construction was completed. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Proof sheets of five and ten dollars bills of the Wisconsin Bank of Madison. Among other illustrations, the notes include an engraving of Leonard J. Farwel... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Students raise their hands in a kindergarten class at Crow School. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Andrew Proudfit Engine Company No. 2's steamer engine is shown in front of Central Fire Station at 10 South Webster Street. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | View of Detroit with several boats and ships in (probably) the Detroit River. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View of a marching band parading beneath a decorated arch on Main Street. Onlookers line both sides of the street. American flags are flying over the road ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Husband and wife with their six children and two dogs posed in front of their log cabin home. There is a framed addition on one side of the structure and a... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph showing the tanneries of L.M. Sherman and Henry Vits. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Group of schoolchildren posed sitting and standing on a fallen tree trunk. They are dressed in their finest clothes for a school photograph. One of the boy... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Women bringing lunch to the men working in the field. The men are harvesting grain using a horse-drawn grain binder. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Schuette Brothers Store on S. Eighth Street. There are two horse-drawn vehicles in front of the store. There is a small mannequin in the s... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Men who worked for Schuette Brothers Store assembled in front of the store. There are horses on both sides of the photograph, and the one on the right is p... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of Rand & Roemer Hardware Co. and Henry Hinrich's Drug Store. Also visible are Rand & Roemer Ship Chandlery (nautical supply), Ra... |
| Date: | 07 1899 |
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| Description: | People stand among the rubble of Ward S. Williams Co.'s stone block building after a tornado. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | George W. Dawson, an African-American passenger from the steamer Central America swims to a piece of debris to which several men are clinging after ... |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Narrative Journal of Travels from Detroit Northwest through the Great chain of American Lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River in the year 1820. Ill... |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Narrative Journal of Travels through the northwestern regions of the United States, extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the West Superior Hotel. There are pedestrians, a street car, and people riding in horse-drawn carriages on the street in front of the hot... |
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