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| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Drawn map showing planned development of Cornell, including a couple of schools, Oakwood cemetery, the public square, and several bridges and dams. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Main Street, looking east at storefronts. Booths with flags and bunting are set up on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Green Bay, Wis. Main Street, Looking Ea... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of the gate to the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds, looking out to the street. On the left on the opposite side of the street is a building with a sig... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph; corner of Broad and Wisconsin Avenues. Built in 1870. E.T. Mix, architect. Victorian details decorate the six story building. A small pile of... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Subheading states the center building to be the oldest house in Milwaukee, and built by Matthias Stein in January 1838. The home is only two stories tall,... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a view over rooftops of a neighborhood near Lake Michigan. Shoreline can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of elevated view looking northwest from Exposition Building. There is a church on a street corner on the left, and the Best Brewing Company in ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View from Library Mall across Langdon Street of Armory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Also known as the Red Gym or Old Red. |
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