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The Keokuk at the Winona, Minnesota Levee

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view of the sidewheel packet, Keokuk, at the Winona, Minnesota levee between 1858 and 1866. A barge and railway cars are in the foreground.
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The Red Wing

Date: 1870
Description: The sternwheel packet, Red Wing, at a landing on the upper Mississippi River between 1870 and 1882. The sign painted over the wheel reads: "Keokuk N...
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Racine Trolley

Date: 1891
Description: View across road construction towards a horse-drawn trolley on railroad tracks on Racine Street. Men and children are standing near piles of road building ...
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Side View of the Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls

Date: 1877
Description: An A.L. Dahl photograph, one of "Two different side views of the Suspension Bridge," from the series "Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge" as mentioned in ...
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Top View of Suspension Bridge

Date: 1877
Description: "Top view of Suspension Bridge," from the series "Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge" as noted in his 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views."
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Beloit College Campus

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph view of the Middle College building. Groups of men are posing standing in front, and other men are posing at the entrance and in open windows. ...
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The Dalles of the St. Croix River

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Dalles and the Saint Croix River, with one man in the center foreground sitting posing on a rock and looking to the left. On the far lef...
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The Dalles of the St. Croix River

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Dalles rock formation with a two men in the foreground looking down at the Saint Croix River. On the left, one man stands leaning agains...
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View of Superior

Date: 1889
Description: View of Superior, with a large group of men posting in a road in the foreground, and various buildings behind them.
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La Belle Lake

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph from east side of La Belle Lake.
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Republican Convention Ticket

Date: 1896
Description: Guest ticket for the Republican National Convention held in St. Louis. The ticket shows the celebrated Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, and the log cab...
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President's Residence

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, which is located on a hill near Lake Mendota. A winding drive leads up to the hous...
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View of Wisconsin State Capitol and Bascom

Date: 1862
Description: Stereograph from Spaight Street neighborhood looking toward Capitol and Bascom Hall.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Building and Environs

Date: 1862
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol (the second in Madison), from Governor Farwell's Octagon House, probably early in 1862. Also visible in the downtown are ...
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Visitors to Niagara Falls

Date: 1860
Description: Two men and two women visit sit on a small, rocky island or natural bridge near water. Plants and trees are on shoreline behind them.

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