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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Baraboo with inset of Devil's Lake, the south and east sides of the commercial square, the First National Bank, and the Warren House hote... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of "Two different views of the Falls from Canada side," from the series "Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge" as mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Cata... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of the photographer Ferdinand Hotz (March 14, 1868 - December 28, 1946) as a young man. He wears a fine suit and a single pearl stu... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of the Gunder Larson Family. Front row: Mary Jane Rodgers Larson, Arthur Larson, Gunder Larson. Back row: Margaret Slossen Lars... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Henry C. Koch and his wife, Johanna Knab Koch, pose for a formal studio portrait. Henry C. Koch was a German born architect that designed many Wisconsin sc... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | City water works system map. Pencil annotation on the top right reads: "Period represented is after 1887 and before Aug. 1891". The middle of the map has a... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Posed three-quarter length studio portrait of Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney. She is wearing a dress, collar pin and earrings. This image was extracted from a f... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Laura (Smith) Kaun (1875-1937) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is wearing a dress with ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Cabinet card with full-length formal studio portrait of young Beulah Irene Miller (1888-1858). She is sitting in a chair with her hands in her lap. Her dre... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | A cabinet card photograph of the Montello House Hotel. The two-story brick building has a gable fronted wing on the right and a shingled wooden tower on th... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Formal studio carte-de-visite in front of a painted backdrop of Carl Wilhelm Berg. He is dressed in the uniform of the Prussian Heavy Cavalry, his rank is ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Waist-up vignetted formal studio carte-de-visite of Anna Bielke (later Ott). She is wearing a dress with a collar pin, and earrings. At the bottom of the c... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Jacob Witting, Jr., was born January 15, 1837 in Renhoff, Prussia. He was a soldier in the Iron Brigade during the Civil War. Jacob is posing standing with... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Ojibwa Chiefs from Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Lac du Flambeau, in Washington, D.C. The reason they were there is in dispute. Rec... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an old log structure surrounded by buildings, wagons and wagon parts, fences and trees. It was demolished about 1900. Text printed on the fr... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of a snowy street in a town. There is a sign for the Palace Saloon in the foreground on the left. Across the street is the ... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the interior of a jewelry and art store with employees and customers. This view is from the front of the store towards the rear. In the low... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the interior of a jewelry and art store with employees and customers. This view is from the rear of the store towards the front windows. A l... |
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