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| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway locomotive no. 40, called the L.B. Rock, at the Chestnut Street yards. The mast of a ship is visible in the background, and ... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Cassius Fairchild, F & S, 16th Wisconsin Infantry. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Lewis S. Burton, Company B, 30th Wisconsin Infantry, standing in full uniform with his sword on his left si... |
| Date: | 02 18 1862 |
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| Description: | George W. Noble's commission as First Sergeant in the Wisconsin 2nd Cavalry. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Lithographed poster by Lipman of Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 11 23 1863 |
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| Description: | A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid serving his draft duty in the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | The state seal of Wisconsin appears in the upper left corner. To the right reads: "Head Quarters 18th Reg. Wis. Vol, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee" On t... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A soldier rides a horse with a military camp in the background. Caption below reads, "CAMP WASHBURN, MILWAUKEE - - WIS." Blue ink on beige envelope, image ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A cavalry soldier on a horse appears on left, a military camp is seen in the background. To the right in fancy type: "Head Quarters, 2D REGT. WIS. CAVAL... |
| Date: | 04 15 1865 |
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| Description: | Banner from newspaper from the day after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. |
| Date: | 04 15 1865 |
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| Description: | Newsprint extra about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It appeared on the back page of publication with a time line of events as they occurred. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of woman, man and child outdoors on a farm with snow on the ground. The woman is wearing bloomers and is holding a bucket in the process of doi... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. This building, which was destroyed by fire in 1866, was located in the commercial district known as Market Square. The Square was actually a t... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Axtell House building, with a storefront next to it advertising "Clothing Hats Caps Sailors Outfits". A bridge is on the left and a man... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Acrobatic Gymnastics Club of the Milwaukee Turners, posing in a studio wearing their gymnastic clothing. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Map with labelled block and lot numbers, owners of large property parcels, city wards, railroads, and streets. Population from 1835 to 1860 listed below ti... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Includes index to public buildings, churches, schools. Inset: Glidden & Lockwood’s addition. Gives names of some property owners. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | This map was engraved from original drawings and surveys taken by Louis Lipman. Includes Milwaukee street directory on the left hand side. Bottom right cor... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Increase Lapham examining a fragment of a meteorite. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, buildings, and marshes. The map includes insets of Franklin, Hales Corners, Bay View, Oak Cre... |
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