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Milwaukee Cement Company's Works

Date: 1880
Description: Lithograph of the Milwaukee Cement Company's Works at 154 West Water Street in Milwaukee.
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Fur Trading Post

Date: 1833
Description: Illustration of the Solomon Juneau fur trading post at Milwaukee in 1833.
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Milwaukee River

Date: 1873
Description: Newspaper reproduction of an etching of the Milwaukee River.
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East Water Street

Date: 1844
Description: Illustration of the west side of East Water Street.
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Second Ward School House

Date: 1868
Description: Illustration of the exterior of the Second Ward School House, copied from the 1868 Madison City Directory.
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Bruen's Block

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the new museum building, also known as "Bruen's Block," on the corner of East Washington Avenue and South Pinckney Street. Named for W.D. B...
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Madison Capital House

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
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Madison Female Academy

Date: 1848
Description: Sketch of the Madison Women's Seminary on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and East Johnson. The Madison Female Academy was a 19th century school for girls w...
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Franklin. Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye view of Franklin.
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National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Illustration of southwest view of the National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The institution's name changed from National Asylum For Disabled Volun...
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Bascom Hill, UW Campus, Madison

Date: 1880
Description: Drawing of University Hall by D.C. Salisbury showing the view from the bottom, south side of the hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. Bascom Hall, ...
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View of College Hill in Madison

Date: 1885
Description: A view of what is now known as Bascom Hill including Main Hall (Bascom Hall), North Hall, Music Hall, Science Hall, South Hall, Washburn Observatory and Wo...
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Washburn Observatory on the University on Wisconsin-Madison campus, with pedestrians on the surrounding grounds.
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Plan of the University of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Illustrated view of the plan for University of Wisconsin of University Hill, Bascom Hill, area.
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Albion College

Date: 1869
Description: Engraving of an elevated view of Albion College.
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Mills in Appleton, Wisconsin-15,000 Lbs. Daily

Date: 1870
Description: Sketch of the Fox River, a train, the mill, a warehouse, and a steamboat.
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Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel

Date: 1895
Description: Drawing of the Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel at Beloit College.
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High School

Date: 1869
Description: View of the Berlin High School, with children playing and people walking in the foreground.
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Strang or Mormon House in Burlington

Date: 1850
Description: Strang House, also called "Mormon House," where "King" Strang lived and died, and where he published the Voree Herald.
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Martin H. Meyer Birthplace

Date: 1870
Description: Martin H. Meyer's birthplace. Reproduced from a lead pencil sketch made in 1870.

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