Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
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Description: | Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Col. William W. Robinson, Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. |
Date: | 1974 |
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Description: | Last elm tree on State Street being cut down. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Memorial Union are in the background. |
Date: | 02 21 1882 |
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Description: | Chromolithograph poster advertising a Milwaukee Mardi Gras celebration, arranged by the Turnverein and Milwaukee Musical Societies, and held at the Exposit... |
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Description: | Painted portrait of Souligny, a chief of the Menominees. He is depicted wearing a James Madison Peace Medal. |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Jean Nicolet (1598-1642) was the first European to see Wisconsin and was a prominent French explorer who, for many years, lived among the Indians of Quebec... |
Date: | 1857 |
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Description: | A lithographic portrait by Louis Kurz (1833-1921) of Madison Fire Engine Company #2 posed with a hand pumper and hose cart in front of the design of the ne... |
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Description: | Families huddled in a field in the Sugar Bushes, attempting to escape the Peshtigo Fire. |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Harriet Douglas Whetten (b.1822). Whetten was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. She served on hospital ships out of New York and Philadelphia from 18... |
Date: | 1887 |
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Description: | Portrait of Governor and Civil War General Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896) by John Singer Sargent. |
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Description: | Chief Oshkosh, (1795-) August 29, 1858, Menomonee Indian chief. |
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Description: | Fred and Ella Bradna, equestrian director and performer for Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey. There are several other performers and a dog, relaxing in t... |
Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | Tree-lined State Street from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Traffic on State Street includes two well-dressed gentlemen on hors... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Log driving crew for the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company. Crew members are in the process of breaking a jam at the Big Eddy. One of the men is carrying a yo... |
Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the third Wisconsin State Capitol ablaze. |
Date: | 11 1924 |
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Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. speaking to a large crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. This speech marked the end of his independent campaign for the... |
Date: | 1862 |
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Description: | Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry officers' mess. Pictured are: Surgeon A.J. Ward, Major Thomas S. Allen, Lt. Colonel Lucius Fairchild, and Colonel Edgar... |
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