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| Date: | 1851 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | University Heights from the Chemistry Building on University Avenue. View includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison football field, on the former site o... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the back of ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | View of a large Columbus Day parade from Jackson and Third Streets. In the extreme right foreground is Conrad Althen's Store, and the Anderson and Larson S... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Fairgrounds. In the foreground is a fence and dwellings. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | This is the H.W. Tenney house built by Charles Patten in the late 1870's, bought by Mr. Tenney in the spring of 1881. The people are, (left to right): Eva ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Garden City Brewery, built in 1854. A person is on horseback in the yard below on the left, and a man is standing above them in an ope... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated illustration of a farmhouse, with fences around it, a cowboy on horseback overseeing cattle, and a horse-drawn carriage on the street in front of ... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall. |
| Date: | 05 1867 |
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| Description: | The residence of Napoleon B. Van Slyke at 510 North Carroll Street. The caption reads: "Maie on piazza with doll. Jonnie in baby carriage." |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated engraved view of the Walworth County Courthouse. In the foreground a man is riding a horse along the street. Pedestrians are on the groun... |
| Date: | 06 1895 |
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| Description: | The Alumni Picnic at the Fred Stickney, Sr. home on Lake Marion in Mazomanie. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893, 900 block East Gorham Street. There are two deer are the left near trees, and two people are on horseback near the front... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Taylor Orphan Asylum, view from the rear. Children are playing on the lawn in front. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Pavilion with posed group of picnickers on one of the Apostle Islands. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Camp Randall and the neighborhoods west of Bascom Hall including University Heights. |
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