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| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Engraving of an elevated view of Science Hall, Chemical Laboratory and Machine Shop on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Peter Selb, Ben Dietrich, J.A. Lockwood, Matt Dietrich, and John Downing pose around the hand engine of the volunteer fire department. All but Selb were ch... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Native Americans playing a lacrosse-like game of ball. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Indian women standing on platforms make noise to scare birds from the cornfield. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | The Fairchild and Northwestern locomotive the "Gracie May," named for Gracie May Foster. Several people pose near the locomotive, including Robert Holmes a... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Picnic Point from University Drive. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the school building. There is a small group of children sitting on the front steps. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Congregational church, organized in 1852. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the so-called Pierce house, at 424 North Pinckney Street, on the corner of Gilman Street. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | An interior look at the so-called Pierce home, located at 424 North Pinckney Street, at the corner of Pinckney and Gilman Streets. At the time this photogr... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Log cabin on trailer pulled by two horses used in the presidential campaign in Wisconsin to promote the candidacy of Benjamin Harrison. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | First and second grade children with their teacher, Miss Drinker, who was temporarily taking charge of Miss Ella Larkin's school. Taken in the front entran... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Small group of Native Americans spearing fish through ice on a river. Mountains can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of ten men standing behind a team of two horses in the snow. Standing directly behind the horses in front of the sled loaded with lo... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A completed Chippewa (Ojibwa) lodge and a lodge under construction. A Native American woman is stitching something on the completed lodge. Another Native A... |
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