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| Description: | Drawing of an elevated view of Fort Boonesborough, built by Daniel Boone in 1775. Caption reads: "Boone's Fort." |
| Date: | 09 22 1862 |
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| Description: | The 22nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers under the command of Colonel William L. Utley, crossing the pontoon bridge at Cincinnati. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from Lake Monona prior to the building of the State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street in 1923. |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Fort Dearborn (center) and Kinzie Mansion (right) after Seth Eastman's original drawing in 1820 for the U. S. Army. Several people are visible... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee River in the downtown area, looking south from the west side of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a log jam near the Dalles on the St. Croix River. Caption at bottom reads: "St. Croix Riv. and Bridge, St. Croix Falls." |
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| Description: | Log jam, perhaps on the Black River or the Chippewa River in the Black River Falls area. |
| Date: | 06 22 1925 |
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| Description: | The automobile bearing the casket of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., begins it journey from the Wisconsin Capitol to Forest Hill Cemetery. Here it is ... |
| Date: | 06 1862 |
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| Description: | The 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment camp outside of Fredericksburg on the east side of the Rappahannock. Fredericksburg and a pontoon bridge lea... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Madison skyline, including the Wisconsin State Capitol, from the south shore of Lake Monona. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Madison featuring Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987) and Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View from the University of Wisconsin service building smokestack of south Madison, including Mills Street, Mound Street, and the Greenbush. Lake Monona is... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log driving crew on the Chippewa River. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Log jam at Big Eddy on the Chippewa River during the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log drive. There is a bridge in the distance, and trees are along the s... |
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| Description: | Log raft and paddle steamer on the mouth of the Black River. On the banks of the river, there are buildings of a town visible. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | View from riverbank of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive no. 142 on the Kilbourn bridge. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph of the fort in the midst of the bombardment, published by Bingham & Dodd, Hartford, Connecticut. |
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