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Clayton Lodge

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Description: Exterior view of Clayton Lodge.
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Cherokee Female Seminary

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Description: A Cherokee Female Seminary. Students stand on the lawn and porch in front of the building.
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Joseph and Rachel Jastrow

Date: 1888
Description: Professor Joseph Jastrow reading, and Rachel Jastrow playing guitar in a room on the top floor of Ladies' Hall (later Chadbourne Hall, razed 1957), in Madi...
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Postmortem Photograph of Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 05 13 1884
Description: "Mourning portrait" of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), taken after his death on the morning of May 13, 1884. McCormick's hair and beard are neatly trimm...
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Third Ward School

Date: 1887
Description: Exterior view of the Third Ward School.
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Akron Works

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's Akron Works (factory).
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Swedish Ladies National Concerts

Date: 08 27 1889
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of women from Stockholm on their first American Tour.
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Reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 06 18 1890
Description: Group portrait outdoors of the reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, held at the farm of George W. Dibble in Rock County. Back row, left...
Book or Pamphlet

H.M.S. Terror

Date: 1838
Description: Position of H.M.S. Terror on the 22nd of February, 1837. The sailing ship was immobilized in the sea ice near Southampton Island, at the entrance to...
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Steam Yacht Decorated with Flags and Pennants

Date: 1885
Description: Small steam yacht decorated with pennants on Lake Geneva. A small group is at the front of the yacht. Shoreline with boathouses and dwellings can be seen i...
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Mrs. J.N. Heater and Honey Display

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Description: Honey display by the Eureka Apiary. A sign in front of the display on the table says "Hands Off." Mrs. J.N. Heater stands on the left. In the foreground ce...
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Boys on a Boathouse

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Description: View from Lake Mendota of five boys sitting on the railing of a boathouse at 216 Langdon Street, the home of Lucien S. Hanks family. From left to right are...
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Proposed Site of Library Building

Date: 1894
Description: Caption from photograph: "Proposed site of library building. Wis[consin] Histor[ical] Soc[iety].--looking N.W. Building would occupy place now covered by t...
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Locomotive No. 390

Date: 1875
Description: View across railroad tracks towards a small group of men posing with Chicago & Northwestern Railway locomotive number 390 and a coal car. Dwellings and a c...
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Pictograph Rock

Date: 1888
Description: View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Caption on photograph reads: "Pictograph Rock. Rock bearing aboriginal...
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Pictograph Rock

Date: 1888
Description: View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Pictograph Rock bearing aboriginal carvings, located on the south side...
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University of Wisconsin — Bascom Hill View

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view over dwellings and yards towards Bascom Hall, with South and North Halls on the left and right of Bascom Hill, and Music Hall with its clock ...
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University of Wisconsin — Music Hall

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Description: View across Bascom Hill towards Music Hall with clock tower and Library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Law building is on the right fur...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: A presidential political campaign mailer of an award of appreciation from the Republican National Committee to Mr. James L. Baughman. On the left side is a...
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Parkinson Home on Ludington Street

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Description: Five women are posing in front of a house on a stoop and porch. They are all wearing hats, skirts, and blouses, and one woman is sitting in a rocking chair...

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