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Dr. E.A. Birge Reading Sun Machine in Car

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Description: Dr. Edward Ashael Birge reading a sun machine inside a car. In 1875 Dr. Birge first came to teach natural history at the University of Wisconsin, and remai...
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Brule River Monument

Date: 1930
Description: View of bridge and Brule River monument. Placed where the Brule River is crossed by the Memorial Highway from Superior to Brule and Ashland (Highway 2).
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Mrs. Ada Kimberley

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Mrs. Ada Kimberley of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
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Edwin Oscar Kimberley

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Description: Edwin Oscar Kimberley of Brodhead, Wisconsin, leader of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band. Mustered out July 8th, 1865.
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Frederick Knickerbocker

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick Knickerbocker of Shullsburg, Wisconsin, a member of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band. Mustered ou...
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Steam Riverboats

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Description: Steam-powered riverboats docked along the shoreline of a river.
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Saint Anthony Falls Bridge

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Description: Suspension bridge over a river at Saint Anthony Falls, Minnesota.
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Centennial Old Abe

Date: 02 07 1876
Description: Centennial photograph of Old Abe, perched on a stars and stripes shield. The live war eagle was carried during the Civil War, by the 8th Wisconsin Voluntee...
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Sojourner Truth

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth. The text at the bottom reads: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth."
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Tom Thumb and Wife

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Description: A carte-de-visite of "General Tom Thumb" (Charles Stratton) and his wife Lavinia Warren, the "Little Queen of Beauty".
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Two Men in Boat

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype), studio portrait of two men in a boat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Man Eating

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of a man eating at a table.
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Two Men Holding Hats

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of two men in a studio holding white hats.
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Women Holding Fans

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Description: Studio group portrait tintype in front of a painted backdrop of four women sitting and holding hand fans with portraits of men printed on them. The women a...
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Pecatonica Battlefield Marker

Date: 1925
Description: Pecatonica battlefield marker, Black Hawk Park (Lafayette County). The marker reads: "At this place on June 16,1832 between Wisconsin pioneers under Colon...
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Taliesin

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Description: View of Hillwing at Taliesin, the home and studio of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Harvey Hospital

Date: 1865
Description: Harvey Hospital, or the Soldiers' Orphans Home. The main octagon section was the home of Governor Farwell, and the wing of wood was added in 1862 and used ...
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Tower Hill Trail

Date: 1945
Description: Tower Hill State Park trail leading to the top of the shot tower shaft.
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Large Radio

Date: 1927
Description: Newspaperman Alvin Steinkopf leaning on a large radio in his Milwaukee apartment. Steinkopf is wearing a bow tie and holding a cigar in his hand.
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McCormick General Office Building

Date: 1875
Description: Newspaper engraving of the building at Randolph and Dearborn Streets that served as the McCormick General Office from 1879 to 1885. An American flag flies ...

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