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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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Waiting For Pure Fresh Milk

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph of a posed scene showing a woman milking a cow as two other women stand waiting at an open barn door. On the left a man at a hand-pump is behin...
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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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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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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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Monona Lakeside

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Description: Stereograph of a Lake Monona pier with sailboats and a steamboat.
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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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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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Woman on Fence with Rifle

Date: 1904
Description: Hand-colored stereograph of Mattie Sprague Attoe Du Mond sitting on a rail fence and holding a .22 rifle near the fish pond off Pine River on John O. Evans...
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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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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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H.H. Bennett with Camera near Steamboat Rock

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Description: Stereograph of H.H. Bennett manning his camera on shore near Steamboat Rock. A woman is in a canoe near the shoreline, and a man is reading a book on the f...
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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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The Old Dell House Site

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Description: Stereograph of Evaline and Miriam Bennett standing at the edge of a 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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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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Women in front of Dwelling

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Description: Exterior view of a home. A younger woman, probably Harriet Bennett, is leaning on the gate, while two older women are standing at the entrance to the house...
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Lone Rock From Below #109

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Description: Elevated view of several people rafting on a flat bottom boat near Lone Rock. There is a large raft, perhaps for logging transportation, tied up at Lone Ro...

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