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| Date: | 07 16 1849 |
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| Description: | South Pass in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). Wilki... |
| Date: | 07 17 1849 |
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| Description: | Pacific Springs, Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). Wi... |
| Date: | 07 23 1849 |
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| Description: | Bluff near Green River, where Wilkins' wagon train crossed by ferry; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland... |
| Date: | 07 24 1849 |
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| Description: | Cathedral Rock in Wyoming with three wagons; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as th... |
| Date: | 08 03 1849 |
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| Description: | Bear or Soda Springs along Bear River in Idaho; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | View looking southeast over river from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | An original pencil sketch by banker and real estate developer Napoleon B. Van Slyke, possibly for his residence erected in 1859 at 510 North Carroll Street... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | An illustration of the Old North Pier landing on Huron Street, drawn from memory. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Plan of the Senate Chamber for the second Wisconsin State Capitol (the first in Madison), showing the seating arrangement. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Plan of the Assembly Hall in the second Wisconsin State Capitol showing the seating arrangement. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | A sketch of a thermometer. Quoting from Muir's autobiography "My Boyhood and Youth" he described the thermometer as "made of an iron rod, about three feet ... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Watercolor illustration of a barometer designed by John Muir in his boyhood. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | A watercolor illustration of a combined thermometer, hygrometer, barometer, and pyrometer. |
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