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Children Wading in Lake

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Description: Three girls wade in a lake near Alma while another watches from a pier. A boy fishes from from a boat nearby.
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Indian Mother and Child

Date: 1897
Description: Honani's daughter and her child, educated at Keam's Canyon School. There is sweet corn drying on the front of the house.
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Jackson Kemper Homestead

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Description: Exterior view of the Jackson Kemper homestead, with trees and shrubbery in the foreground.
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A.G. Zimmerman and Legal Secretary Jennie Nelson

Date: 12 1898
Description: Attorney Albert G. Zimmerman in his Madison law office, dictating a letter to secretary Jennie Nelson. Until 1894 Zimmerman was the law partner of Robert ...
Drawing

Commissary Steamer

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Description: "Comisary [sic] Steamer — Pittsburgh Landing." Steamboat on river near Shiloh, Tennessee.
Photograph

Little Stone House

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Description: Sketch of a residential home. Text reads: "'Little Stone House' 1841".
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Timothy Brown House

Date: 1900
Description: The Timothy Brown house, 116 East Gorham Street.
Postcard

Rest Haven Sanitarium

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Rest Haven Sanitarium. Caption reads: "Rest Haven Sanitarium, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Silurian Spring

Date: 1914
Description: View of people at Silurian Spring, located in Waukesha Springs Park. Caption reads: "Silurian Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Soldiers' Monument and Waukesha Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Soldiers' Monument in front of the Waukesha Public Library, in the center of Cutler Park. A group of people are sitting on the lawn in front of...
Photograph

Eagle's Nest Tavern

Date: 1970
Description: Exterior view of the Eagle's Nest Tavern.
Photograph

View of the East Side

Date: 1881
Description: Elevated view of the east side of Stoughton.
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Main Street

Date: 1881
Description: View down Main Street. On the left a man is driving a wagon with a team of two horses, and on the right a man stands on a wagon pulled by one horse. Houses...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking West

Date: 1907
Description: View along sidewalk of Main Street, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and walking across the street. Storefronts line both sides of the street. Caption read...
Drawing

Fort Winnebago

Date: 1930
Description: A sketch of the surgeon's quarters at Fort Winnebago. Caption reads: "Fort Winnebago Surgeons' Quarter".
Postcard

Cook Street

Date: 1905
Description: Colorized postcard of a view of Cook Street. Caption reads: "Cook Street, Portage, Wis."
Photograph

Children on Wagon

Date: 1919
Description: A young boy and girl are sitting in a wagon on a dirt road, while a man and woman are watching from the porch of a house in the background. The wagon is lo...
Photograph

Lighthouse at Lake Park

Date: 1895
Description: A chain and posts border the yard of the lighthouse, which is attached to a two-story house.
Photograph

Koss Depot

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Description: Two women and two young boys pose in front of the Koss Depot, which also serves as a post office and telegraph office.
Manuscript

George W. Noble's Commission Letter

Date: 06 08 1864
Description: George W. Noble's commission as First Lieutenant in the 2nd Wisconsin Calvary.

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