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Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ...
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Askew Steamboat Landing

Date: 1890
Description: Two men pose on a boat docked at the Askew Steamboat Landing on Lake Monona off South Carroll Street. The old Governor Harvey residence is in the backgroun...
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Layton House

Date: 1880
Description: 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style...
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Catholic Church at La Pointe

Date: 1870
Description: Boardwalk leading to St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe.
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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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Masonic Hall

Date: 1870
Description: Text reads: "Masonic Hall at the corner of College Avenue and Oneida Street; built in 1855 by Theodore Conkey, it burned in 1874. The Zuehlke Building was ...
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Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
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E.M. Maurer Bookstore

Date: 1885
Description: A man is posing in front of the corner entrance to the E.M. Maurer Bookstore. Above the corner entrance is a turret, and a small child is looking out of on...
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Depot and Mineral Springs Hotel

Date: 1875
Description: View across unpaved road towards a group of men standing on the platform at the train depot, with the Mineral Springs Hotel behind and to the right. Anothe...
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Ashland County Jail

Date: 1890
Description: Text on front reads: "Ashland County Jail, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." A young boy standing on the steps near the open door of the a...
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Park House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Park House Hotel (called the Commercial House before 1888), which burned down in 1892. Two people are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle on the l...
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Beloit College Campus

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph view of the Middle College building. Groups of men are posing standing in front, and other men are posing at the entrance and in open windows. ...
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Beloit College Chapel

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph view of Beloit College Chapel, with the congregation posed outside on the lawn.
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1899
Description: View of Bloomington, with a man in the foreground looking over the vista.
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Haas House in Calumet Harbor

Date: 1847
Description: Carl de Haas house from across a river.
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Lobby of the Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: Interior view of the lobby. Two men are standing along the back wall.
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Grist Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Wind powered stone grist mill. Two men stand on a wood balcony near the open doorway of the windmill.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view from hill of Grand Avenue. A young boy is posing against a large tree in the right foreground looking out over the town.
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Baptist Church and a Man in Top Hat

Date: 1870
Description: View of a Baptist church, two small trees, and a man standing in front of the church, wearing a top hat. Baptist Church, 4th Avenue and Niagara Street, bui...
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Music Hall Demolition

Date: 1890
Description: Demolished brick building.

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