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Soldiers' Orphans Home

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug...
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High Rock

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Description: North face of High Rock. Two women are sitting on the sandy beach, one child is playing along the shoreline near a rowboat and canoe pulled up on the sandy...
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Williamson Street

Date: 1874
Description: View looking southwest down the 600 block of Williamson Street to the East Madison Passenger Depot of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. There are frame ...
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Professor R.B. Anderson, his Family and Visitors

Date: 1877
Description: "Professor R.B. Anderson, his Family & Visitors." Seated outdoors left to right around a table are: Mrs. R.B. Anderson, H. Herlofson, Professor Rasmus B. A...
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Lower Cut Meat Creek School

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Description: Children outdoors for recess at the Lower Cut Meat Creek School, part of the Rosebud Agency.
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Group in front of School

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph view across road towards a school building with children gathered outside.
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Presbyterian Mission School

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph. Probably the Presbyterian Mission School grounds on the Chippewa Indian reservation. Two boys and a dog are standing in the foreground, with a...
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Woman and Daughter in Woods

Date: 1904
Description: Hand-colored stereograph of Mattie Sprague Attoe Du Mond and her daughter, Maudie, near the fish pond on John O. Evan's farm. Mattie holds a rifle; Maudie ...
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Holiday Greetings from Our House to Yours

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Description: Photographic holiday card of the C.J. Schroepfer family. All the boys are wearing white shirts, dark pants and bow ties or neckties. The little girl is wea...
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Artic Frozen Custard, Label

Date: 06 12 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an Eskimo in a yellow coat and hat eating an ice cream cone. In the backgrou...
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Luncheon Hall — East of Stand Rock #87

Date: 1900
Description: Three people and a young child sitting around a stone table in Luncheon Hall. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scener...
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Diamond Grotto — A Study in Rock #102

Date: 1903
Description: A cutout of a girl placed in the Diamond Grotto in Witches' Gulch. There is graffiti on the rocks in the background. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the W...
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Down The Narrows — From Opposite Cold Water Canyon #237

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Description: A boy, probably Ashley Bennett, leaning against a tree stump near the entrance to the Old River Bed. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beaut...
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Bennett Family at the Narrows #55

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Description: Sitting on large log (left to right): Ruth Bennett, Evelina Bennett, and Miriam Bennett. The Larks Hotel is in the background.
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Down To Circle Bend

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Description: Two Bennett girls and two Crandall girls among the trees and foliage near the shoreline at Devil's Elbow.
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Chimney Rock #12

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Description: Ruth Bennett and Miriam Bennett holding hands while facing Chimney Rock. High Rock is in the distance. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Bea...
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From the Top of High Rock

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Description: Ruth or Miriam Bennett in a plaid dress and hat sitting on top of High Rock. Chimney Rock is located below, on the right side of the river.
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Jaws and Stone Pile; Looking Downstream

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Description: Evaline Bennett, Ruth Bennett, and Miriam Bennett at the shore. The mother and one daughter are sitting in a rowboat, while the other daughter is standing ...
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Two Men Posing in Automobile

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Description: Ashley C. Bennett and unidentified man are sitting in an automobile on a residential street. In the background, a girl is looking through the screen door o...
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Fernwood — Residence of Colonel Schofield

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Description: Exterior view from road towards Colonel Schofield's residence. A man and two women are sitting on the porch, and a person and a horse are standing at the g...

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