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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop... |
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| Description: | Customers standing in front of the Cooperative Marketing Store. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Engraving depicting the defeat of Black Hawk by General Henry Atkinson at the Battle of Bad Axe on August 2, 1832. The engraving depicts Federal Regulars a... |
| Date: | 1790 |
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| Description: | Fort Washington, built in 1789, where Cincinnati now stands. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Karl Bitter, sculptor of "Wealth" and other statuary for the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The "Hilton," a boat owned by the John Schroeder Lumber Company; captained by Harry Brower. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View of the Chequamegon Hotel, built by the Wisconsin Central railroad interests and opened in 1877. It faced the bay and had a long series of steps leadin... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | The Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906 near Trempealeau Mountain, then raised and renamed J.S. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior of bar with two bartenders and customers standing at the bar. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a locomotive collision at the Wisconsin State Fair. This was a much advertised spectacle. |
| Date: | 01 1905 |
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| Description: | Young children, Jennie and Edgar Krueger, playing with toys near their family Christmas tree. |
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| Description: | African American prison inmates working on a road chain-gang in Florida or Georgia. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the first Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, which was rented by the Legislature who met there for 46 days in 1836. The building was restored in 19... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view, probably early 20th century New York Harbor. |
| Date: | 08 25 1936 |
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| Description: | The "House of David" traveling baseball team advertisement for an upcoming game. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of members of a Whitewater, Wisconsin football team. |
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