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Public Museum Natural History Exhibit

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Description: Interior view of Public Museum. Focuses on display area in center of room that contains skeletal remains and tortoise shells.
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Individuals on Stand Rock

Date: 1880
Description: Four unidentified individuals on Stand Rock.
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H.H. Bennett at Sugar Bowl

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Description: View down sandy beach towards H.H. Bennett and Ruth Bennett on shore near Sugar Bowl. H.H. Bennett is holding a camera over his shoulder. There is an unide...
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Charles Ray's Residence

Date: 1874
Description: Stereograph of Broadway in Milwaukee. Home has many peaks on the roof, and the drive to the entrance is on the right.
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View Northwest from Exposition Building

Date: 1874
Description: Stereograph of elevated view looking northwest from Exposition Building. There is a church on a street corner on the left, and the Best Brewing Company in ...
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H.H. Bennett and Charles Brainard

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph of Henry Hamilton Bennett working on a camera in a private car. This is the private car the Wisconsin Central Railroad provided for Bennett and...
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Dells of the St. Louis River

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Description: Stereograph upriver of a man sitting on a rock on the dells of the St. Louis River, below the Cauldron. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Be...
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Summer View of Minnehaha Falls

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Description: Stereograph of Minnehaha Falls during summer. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Winter View

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Description: Stereograph of a winter view of a snowy landscape with ice-covered trees.
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Waterfall in Witches' Gulch

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Description: Stereograph over Phantom Chamber of a waterfall in Witches' Gulch. There is a ladder to the left of the waterfall.
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Skylight Cave

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Description: Stereograph though Skylight Cave (in the Navy Yard) of three people in a rowboat.
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Dell Creek Dam

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Description: Stereograph upriver of the Dell Creek dam.
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Looking Out of Boat Cave

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Description: Stereograph of two men in a canoe looking out from Boat Cave. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Old Abe on a Cannon

Date: 1879
Description: Stereograph portrait of Old Abe, the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Volunteer Infantry at the capital building. Rear view of Old Abe perched on a sh...
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View Up the Wisconsin River

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Description: View from opposite Sexton's Eddy up the Wisconsin River. A steamboat is in the distance, and there are rock formations along the river. Text at right: "Wan...
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Children on Shoreline with Rock Formations

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Description: View from behind Steamboat Rock of two children playing at the edge of the Wisconsin River. Huge rock formations are in the background. Text at left: "A Tr...
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Steamboat on the Wisconsin River

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Description: Stereograph of elevated view of a steamboat on the Wisconsin River. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Ferris Wheel at Night

Date: 1893
Description: Stereograph of the Ferris Wheel at the Columbian Exposition at night. A full moon can be seen to the right of the wheel. Text at right: "Wanderings Among t...
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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1700

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Jesus, along with two other men, are on crosses. On the left is a group of men. One soldier wearing armor...
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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1701

Date: 1893
Description: Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right ...

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