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| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of views of seven Washburn churches, including Mehtodist Church, Swedish Mission Church, Congregational Church, Norwegian Lutheran Chu... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of four views of Washburn, including Main Street, looking West, Bayfield County Bank, Main Street, looking East, and Northern State Ba... |
| Date: | 08 12 1876 |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting General M.C. Butler, holding a top hat in his left hand, and carrying an umbrella under his right arm standing next to dead African Ame... |
| Date: | 08 12 1876 |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting Justice holding bodies on her scale, one white and six black. The caption includes the phrase: "Five More Wanted." |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Drawing of two slave catchers pointing guns at two runaway slaves. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | A studio group portrait of the Oshkosh baseball team, "The Famous Team of 1887". All the players are wearing formal suits rather than baseball uniforms. In... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | "The Famous Oshkosh Team of 1887". A composite portrait of the Oshkosh baseball team, made up of baseball card images of each player, and a central image o... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | First page of the Hand Book to Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 07 22 1905 |
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| Description: | A cartoon titled "The First Mountain To Be Removed" showing Uncle Sam and Theodore Roosevelt looking at a mountain shaped like a skeleton wearing a mask an... |
| Date: | 03 04 1905 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon titled "The Great American Durbar", showing a parade of political characters featuring Theodore Roosevelt perched atop an elephant symb... |
| Date: | 04 05 1862 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Camp Douglas near Chicago. Caption reads: "Camp Douglas, near Chicago, Illinois, where seven thousand rebel prisoners are quartered." |
| Date: | 04 05 1862 |
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| Description: | Group of Confederate prisoners of war assembled in prison barracks. |
| Date: | 05 23 1863 |
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| Description: | Cartoon appearing in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 144. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Copperheads nominally favored th... |
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| Description: | A page from the book Nakoma Tomahawk with a portrait and brief story about Nakoma resident Thomas Lloyd Jones. The page includes an image of the Jon... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the lake steamer, Michigan with another vessel in the background. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the steamboat Western World. Several people stand on the deck. An American flag and flags reading Detroit, Michigan Central, Buffalo, N.Y... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha train cars loading onto car ferry Pere Marquette. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Hardware catalog page showing wooden wash tubs and water pails. |
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