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Construction of Fort Crawford

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o...
Drawing

Fort Washington

Date: 1790
Description: Fort Washington, built in 1789, where Cincinnati now stands.
Photograph

View Across Camp Randall

Date: 09 10 1875
Description: View looking west across the area once occupied by Camp Randall during the Civil War and towards the Breese Stevens farm property. The Madison Centennial ...
Photograph

Camp Randall Annual Fair

Date: 1879
Description: Elevated view of ornate carriage and animal cage with tents and people looking on at the annual Wisconsin State Fair held at Camp Randall.
Photograph

Horse Race at Camp Randall Fairgrounds

Date: 09 10 1879
Description: Crowd at the Camp Randall fairgrounds watching a horse race, part of that year's Wisconsin State Fair. Carriages and people are near buildings on the left,...
Photograph

Old Barracks at Fort Howard

Date: 
Description: View of the barracks on at the edge of a snow-covered street.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1925
Description: Ruins at Fort Crawford.
Photograph

Blockhouse, and Entrance to Dugout

Date: 1918
Description: View of snow-covered blockhouse constructed of logs and sandbags, and part of a trench leading to a dugout. A stove pipe projects out of the snow above the...
Photograph

Log Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A tall blockhouse constructed of logs behind a wood and barbed wire fence.
Photograph

Trench Warfare

Date: 1917
Description: Soldiers with their weapons in a trench.

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