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Lone Rock

Date: 1885
Description: Slightly elevated view of road through Lone Rock.
Photograph

Early Fire Truck

Date: 1910
Description: Automobile Combination Chemical Engine and Hose Wagon. When the manufacturer, the Peter Pirsch Company of Kenosha, donated this image to the Historical So...
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Train Hauling Tobacco

Date: 
Description: Men standing on top of, and around, a train carrying tobacco. A sign on the side of each car reads, "This car contains tobacco used in making Old Virginia ...
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Buffalo Street Bridge

Date: 1870
Description: Metal bridge over river with three men standing near the railing.
Poster

Under the Gaslight Poster

Date: 1867
Description: Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w...
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Cavalry at Camp Douglas

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Description: Soldiers at Camp Douglas driving horses and covered wagons.
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 1900
Description: View across railroad tracks towards passengers, a large group of men and one young girl, waiting on the platform at the train station for the train to arri...
Photograph

Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
Photograph

N. Webster Street at N. Hamilton Street

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Description: View towards intersection.
Map or Atlas

Mequon Plat Map

Date: 1921
Description: A plat map of Mequon, Wisconsin. Text at top reads: "T. 9N. R.21 E MEQUON T. 9N. R.22 E."
Poster

Johnny Comes Flying Home lobby card

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Description: Lobby card for the 1946 film Johnny Comes Flying Home. Harry Morgan and Charles Russell pilot a plane while Richard Crane stands between them. They are a...

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