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Eduard and Elise Schroeder

Date: 1870
Description: A stereograph of a bearded man, seen in profile, and a woman, looking directly at the camera, posing near a picket fence. There is a small wood frame house...
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Water Street, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: View of the west side of Water Street.
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Women at Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: Women in hats in foreground, with railroad tracks below and sign that says, "Look out for the cars," and "While the bell rings the whistle blows." Very lik...
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Bridge, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: View of the Sauk City bridge as seen from the Roxbury side. Two men are standing on the bridge on the far right, and buildings are behind the bridge on the...
Photograph

House with White Fence

Date: 1870
Description: View towards the front of a house with a white fence. Posing in front of the fence are a man (appears to be on crutches), a young child, and a dog. Other p...
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Judges on Pier at Devil's Lake

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of a very large number of judges standing crowded at the very small end of a pier in Devil's Lake. The occasion is the Grand Regatta held June ...
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Camping Party at Devil's Lake

Date: 07 1876
Description: A camping party rests at the top of a bluff at Devil's Lake State Park.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: Baraboo was first settled around 1838, and by 1870 it had become the county seat and the thriving village illustrated here. This birds eye drawing depicts ...
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Water Street, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: View of unpaved Water Street south of the Highway 12 intersection, looking north. Bluffs are in the distance.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Prairie du Sac

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac.
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Photograph

Railroad Skirting Devil's Lake - Anaglyph

Date: 1874
Description: A yellow mount stereograph of the railroad tracks skirting the edge of Devil's Lake, with several boats tied up alongside. From the stereograph series "The...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge in Merrimac from Wisconsin River

Date: 1876
Description: View, from the north bank of the Wisconsin River, of the 1899-foot railroad bridge in Merrimac. Two women and a man are sitting on the riverbank in the for...
Photograph

Baraboo High School

Date: 1870
Description: View of Baraboo high school with a large group of students standing around it.
Photograph

Reaper Boy in Stable

Date: 1877
Description: A horse named Reaper Boy in a stable. Photographed at the residence of Dr. Blake (probably Samuel M.).
Photograph

Steamboat on Devil's Lake

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of people, elegantly dressed, posing on a pier, with a steamboat and rowboats docked on it on Devil's Lake. An American flag is on the steamb...
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View from Wisconsin River over Merrimac, Sauk County

Date: 1873
Description: View, from the south bank of the Wisconsin River, looking towards Merrimac, Sauk County. People are standing on the 1899-foot railroad bridge, which runs ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Reedsburg

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Reedsburg, on the Baraboo River.
Photograph

Men on Bank of Devil's Lake

Date: 06 1877
Description: A huge crowd, mostly men, has gathered on the bank of Devil's Lake to witness the firing of a cannon. The occasion is the Grand Regatta held June 21-22, 18...
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Cliff House

Date: 1878
Description: Cliff House, a resort hotel built shortly after 1872 when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Three-story frame house with balcony on each floor. There is a ...

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