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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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Group in front of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1875
Description: Small group in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol viewed from East Washington Avenue. Some telegraph wires are strung across foreground. The card is fro...
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Campers at McBride's Point

Date: 1873
Description: A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pins, "kegels"), a horn (l...
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Lunch Crowd at Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A crowd sits on the ground about to commence lunch at Devil's Lake.
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Hutson House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Hutson House, with people standing on its balcony and porch.
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Polk County Press Office

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior stereograph of the Polk County Press Office, with three men standing near the entrance, and three children sitting on the left on the board sidewa...
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Mrs. Lo and Little Negee

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Description: Stereograph portrait of Mrs. Lo, seated in front of a traditional dwelling, holding her infant Little Negee.
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Young Woman with Rifle

Date: 1904
Description: Hand-colored stereograph of Mattie Sprague Attoe Du Mond holding a .22 rifle and standing on a fallen tree limb over the fish pond off Pine River on the pr...
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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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Man Outdoors Taking Photograph

Date: 1912
Description: A man prepares a camera to take a photograph, while two other men stand behind him. The man is likely an International Harvester company photographer. The ...
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Leaping Stand Rock

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Description: Ashley C. Bennett, son of Henry Hamilton Bennett, leaping from Stand Rock to another rock formation.
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Extricating the Dead and Wounded

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Stereograph of rescuers and onlookers standing among the wreckage in the wake of a cyclone. Bare trees, horses, houses, and a church steeple are in the bac...
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Colonel Geddis and the 8th Iowa in the Hornets Nest #3

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Col. J.L. Geddis and part of 8th Iowa in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Tex...
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Devil's Football

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Description: Stereograph from shoreline of three people in a canoe next to the rock formation Devil's Football, near the Deep Fill.
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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General Lee's Residence

Date: 1864
Description: A stereograph of exterior of General Lee's residence.
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Train Collision

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Description: A collision of a freight train with an excursion train on the Chicago and North Western Railway, resulting in six deaths and at least 46 people injured.
Drawing

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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Frigid Frozen Custard, Label

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Frigid Frozen Custard." Features two men, each driving a dog sled with teams of dogs...

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