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Evening Wisconsin Building

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Description: Elevated view of the Evening Wisconsin building. There is a horse-drawn vehicle on the left near the curb.
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Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; on board the caravel "Santa Maria."
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Milwaukee, West from Dome of the Courthouse #866

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Description: View of Milwaukee buildings and rooftops, west from the top of the courthouse.
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Exposition Building

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Description: Elevated view of the Exposition Building.
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Under the Railroad Bridge at Kilbourn

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Description: View of the river and the underside of a railroad bridge at Kilbourn. There is a building in the background on the right just above the cliffs along the ri...
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Witches' Gulch Tourist Stand

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Description: Wooden walkway leading to covered outdoor platform with tables and benches, and to a building beyond.
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Kilbourn, Superior Street Bridge

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Description: View of Kilbourn, with Superior Street bridge in Happy Hollow. Two men are standing on a bridge. Buildings and stacked lumber are in the background.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Labyrinth

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival labyrinth. There are spectators on the bridge overlooking the ice labyrinth.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Royal Family in Parade

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Royal Family Equipages in Street Parade.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Royal Family Leaving Palace

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Royal family leaving ice palace in their equipage. Crowds are milling about.
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Ice Figure on Third Street

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Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival. Night view of ice figure on Third Street.
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Tourists at Dells Landing

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Description: Unidentified group of tourists going to Dells Landing. There are horse-drawn vehicles beyond.
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Angel Rock

Date: 1900
Description: View along rockface shoreline towards a woman and two children sitting on Angel Rock. Along a cliff along the opposite shoreline are buildings and a bridge...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1736

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: 1st Headquarters of General Geor...
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Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1753

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Headquarters, painted in 1885. It was painted by Eugen...
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Soldiers Home

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Description: Exterior view of the Soldiers Home.
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Dells Landing

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Description: Elevated view of the Dells boat landing building, with people standing on the balcony. There is a steamboat near the dock on the river below.
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Raft of Lumber

Date: 1887
Description: A raft of lumber which has been floated down the Wisconsin River to be broken up and sold. Two men are standing on the raft, each near lumber stacked on a ...

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