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Map or Atlas

La Crosse, Wis.

Date: 1873
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River.
Map or Atlas

Waukesha, Wis.

Date: 1857
Description: Elevated view of Waukesha with two women wearing dresses with a boy in long pants and tam o'shanter hat in foreground against a split-rail fence. Beyond th...
Photograph

Iron Bridge across Mississippi

Date: 1875
Description: "Iron Bridge across Mississippi" photographed during "The Norwegian Lutheran Synod held at Minneapolis, Minn., 1875," as described in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogu...
Print

Edward P. Allis Reliance Works

Date: 1900
Description: Main factory with South Foundry in lower left. Lake Michigan is in the background. Later the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
Photograph

Exterior of F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound between catalog pages. (One o...
Photograph

Photographer and Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The photographer stands on the left side of the view. The flag on the side...
Photograph

Pinckney Street

Date: 1870
Description: View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background.
Photograph

Pearl Button Company

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view from across road of the Pearl Button Company. A man sits in a horse and buggy parked outside the building.
Print

Hamburg Landing

Date: 05 31 1862
Description: Engraved view of the Commisary [sic] depot of Major-General Halleck's army at Hamburg Landing.
Photograph

Kletzien Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Mindy Kletzien, an animal lover, raises Nigerian Dwarf Goats. She competes at fairs in and out of the state.
Photograph

Petri Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Norm and Renee Petri show off some beautiful horses, Ellie, and Hailey, the foal. The Petris live at W2081 Cty TW.
Photograph

Downtown Hillsboro

Date: 1908
Description: View across unpaved street of people, horses and wagons, and businesses on one side of Water Avenue, the heart of Hillsboro's downtown and business distric...
Photograph

Rebuilding

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with lumber standing in front of the frame of building under construction facing Main Street. There is a worker...
Photograph

Rephotographic Pair: Barnum Scene

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the same location, presented as a pair. The vintage view includes a dirt road, several buildings, horses, and people. T...
Photograph

Folgaria Hotel

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Description: Soldiers relaxing in front of the Folgaria Hotel in Italy. Three men on the left are smoking cigarettes, and a man in the center is sitting in a horse-draw...
Postcard

South Main Street Scene

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Description: Real Photo Post Card of a South Main Street scene. Men and women walk along the sidewalks and many horse-drawn vehicles are tethered in front of the stores...
Photograph

Horse and Cart

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Description: Stereograph of a man in a two wheeled cart drawn by one horse. He is stationary, posing in the street. In the background are buildings on both sides of the...
Photograph

Artesian Well

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Description: Stereograph of Artesian well. A stone wall surrounds the well, with an observation area beyond. Groups of visitors are milling about and a drive with horse...
Photograph

Damage from a Cyclone

Date: 07 08 1885
Description: Stereograph of the aftermath of a cyclone. The debris may be the remains of a stable. In the foreground is a dead horse, with the remains of a buggy and a ...
Photograph

The Park Hotel

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of the Park Hotel on the corner of Main and Carroll Streets. The Park Hotel wagon and baggage wagon are in front of the hotel. People are in fr...

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