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Hughlett's Smelting Furnace

Date: 05 1866
Description: Engraved exterior view of a smelting furnace with a small group of men with horses gathered in front.
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Norwegian Sunday School Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: A Norwegian Sunday school picnic, perhaps held at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. The original stereograph is in the collection of the Norwegian-American Hist...
Book or Pamphlet

Lock and Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Lock and dam system on a canal along the Mississippi River.
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Frank King Painting a Character onto a Boat

Date: 
Description: Frank O. King paints his character "Uncle Walt" onto a rowboat. The boy in the background on a pier is King's grand-nephew David Witt Nye.
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Cranberry Washing

Date: 1970
Description: A large bath of cranberries being washed and loaded onto a conveyor belt for processing. Women are working on a conveyor belt in the far background.
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Barge of Cranberries

Date: 10 1968
Description: Elevated view of a full barge of cranberries set down along the edge of a cranberry marsh. Also pictured is cranberry harvesting equipment.
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Filling a Cup

Date: 1887
Description: Wisconsin National Guardsmen in full gear. One man in the foreground fills a tin cup from a spigot.
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"Blessed Are The Meek" Editorial Cartoon

Date: 1968
Description: Editorial cartoon of dolphins in the water watching a mushroom cloud explode on the horizon. The drawing is titled, "Blessed Are The Meek: For They Shall I...
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Newly Constructed Trestle Bridge outside Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: View of the newly constructed trestle bridge outside of Cape Town, South Africa.
Photograph

Victoria Falls

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking over the Zambesi River towards Victoria Falls, South Africa.
Photograph

Victoria Falls 2

Date: 1910
Description: View of Victoria Falls, South Africa, looking East.
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Table Mountain

Date: 1910
Description: View of Table Mountain and beach from Milnerton, South Africa. People are walking on the beach.
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Zambezi River and Railroad Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View of Zambezi River, South Africa, from a boat tour. The railroad bridge is in the far background.
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Victoria Falls 3

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Victoria Falls, South Africa, looking down at the Zambezi River.
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Victoria Falls 4

Date: 1910
Description: View through trees of Victoria Falls, South Africa.
Photograph

Hippopotamus

Date: 1910
Description: View of a hippopotamus taken from a boat tour on the Zambezi River during Carrie's trip to South Africa.
Photograph

Victoria Falls 5

Date: 1910
Description: Victoria Falls, South Africa.
Photograph

Livingstone Island

Date: 1910
Description: Doctor Thorne was one of the members of Carrie's travel party. He is pictured here, in front of Victoria Falls on Livingstone Island.
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Victoria Falls 6

Date: 1910
Description: View of Victoria Falls in South Africa.
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Zambezi Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the Zambezi Bridge from Palm Grove, South Africa.

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