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Sholes-Glidden Typewriter

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Description: The Sholes-Glidden typewriter.
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Gottshalk's First Meat Market

Date: 1863
Description: Exterior view of M. Gottshalk's first meat market.
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Ripon College

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of Ripon College.
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Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of "Long House," one of the buildings in the experimental communal colony of the Fourierites. Caption reads: "The 'Long House,' home of the Fourierite...
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Morey Residence

Date: 1886
Description: Exterior view of the residence of D.J. Morey, with multiple individuals standing in and around its front yard. A fence runs along the sidewalk.
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Interstate Bridge Framework

Date: 1961
Description: View taken from below of the Interstate Highway I-535 bridge during construction.
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Dickey's Shop

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of A.P. Dickey's shop, west of 4th bridge.
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Gates Gallery

Date: 1865
Description: Exterior view of the Gates Gallery, location for the first H.H. Bennett studio.
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Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
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Thomas B. Jeffery

Date: 1897
Description: Thomas B. Jeffery, founder of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company of Kenosha in 1902. Before that Jeffery produced several experimental automobiles, including th...
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Wisconsin's First Coupe

Date: 1905
Description: Automobile alleged to be the first coupe built in Wisconsin. The vehicle was built by Gus Wilkie of Sheboygan from the body of a carriage and the chassis f...
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Sheboygan Livery Stable

Date: 1892
Description: Men posed in front of a livery barn and horse sales stable.
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Pirsch Wagon Company

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the wagon shop of John B. Pirsch of Kenosha whose father, Nicholas Pirsch, had begun building buggies and wagons in 1857. Several men pose...
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Clearing the Land

Date: 1905
Description: Man and woman using a double-handled saw to clear trees from their land.
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Nashotah Mission

Date: 1876
Description: Distant view of Neshotah Mission. River with boaters, two people standing on riverbank, mission on hill in background.
Postcard

Nashotah Mission Bell Tower

Date: 1915
Description: Nashotah Mission bell tower. Caption reads: "Bell Tower, Nashotah Mission."
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View of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1836
Description: Woodcut of Prairie du Chien in 1836. Text at bottom reads: "Prairie du Chien in 1836. From an old cut."
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Dousman Warehouse

Date: 1870
Description: Dousman Warehouse, East Water Street. Originally located on the wharf parallel with the river. Built and used by George and Talbot, brothers of Hercules Do...
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Brisbois Fur Trading Post

Date: 1890
Description: The Astor Company or Brisbois fur trading post.
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Swiss Passport Frontispiece

Date: 11 22 1848
Description: Frontispiece from a passport issued to Benedict Goldenberger from the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. He left Aargau in 1851, went to Massachussetts, and th...

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