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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Street parade rig, apparently to agitate against delays in construction of a railroad to connect Manitowoc to the west. In the background is a store owned ... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | "The West Wisconsin Railway roundhouse at Eau Claire, ca. 1872. It was located about a mile north of the present Civic Center. Workmen in the foreground ar... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Stereograph portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., taken during his senior year at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline over river towards the town. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Locomotive No. 75. Class H. Built 1850 by Schnectady Locomotive Works. Men are posed on and around the locomotive. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, perched at the end of a cannon looking left with the American flag in the background. Serve... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated group portrait of men and women gathered around the Turner House, which was erected by John Turner to house railroad men and construction... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View from a distance of a farm in a valley owned by Alex(ander?) Smith. There is a wooden fence in the foreground surrounding the farm. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Sidewheel rafter, Annie Girdon. The crew is on deck and a raft of logs is in the foreground. Sign on wheel reads Annie Girdon, lightning pack... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, loaded with gunny sacks of wheat taken between 1872 and 1878. Men are unloading barrels and gunny sacks on a gangpl... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel packet, Red Wing, at a landing on the upper Mississippi River between 1870 and 1882. The sign painted over the wheel reads: "Keokuk N... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry, posed on a cannon with the third Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. From 1864 until his de... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Ellsworth Block on North Pinckney Street between East Washington and East Mifflin Streets as seen from the Capitol Park. Storefronts include the Dry Goods ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Council House of the first Wisconsin Territorial Legislature when it met at Belmont in 1836. A young boy or man wearing a hat stands in front near a fence. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees toward the third (second in Madison), Wisconsin State Capitol that stood from 1857-1913, from a stereograph original. Elevated vie... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of view from a first floor hallway into the rotunda of the third Wisconsin State Capitol where a group of men are standing. Published specifica... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The third Wisconsin State Capitol (second in Madison), surrounded by trees. When construction on the capitol was completed in 1868, the structure measured ... |
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