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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...
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Pine River & Stevens Point RR Locomotive

Date: 03 1876
Description: Side view of the locomotive purchased by the Pine River and Stevens Point Railroad, being hauled over land from Lone Rock to Richland Center. In the backgr...
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"McCormick Day" at Fountain City

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of people, horses, and wagons gathered in the center of Fountain City to celebrate McCormick Day. Scherer's Hotel is at left. The event was o...
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Brenum Farmstead

Date: 09 19 1876
Description: Brenum farmstead with cattle horses and agricultural equipment in view.
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Bridge, Dam and Mill in Moscow

Date: 1875
Description: View of a bridge, dam and mill. Moscow was platted in 1850 by an Englishman, Chauncy Smith, who dammed the Bluemound branch of the Pecatonica River to run ...
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Lodi From Cemetery Hill

Date: 1876
Description: A view of the town of Lodi as viewed from the hill north of the cemetery.
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Rock Quarry near Argyle

Date: 1876
Description: Probably one of the "Three different views of the village of Argyle, Wis." mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Eleven men and boys ...
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Farm Workers in Field

Date: 1876
Description: Probably one of the "Three different views of the village of Argyle, Wis." mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." In the foreground is...
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Family and Wagon

Date: 1900
Description: A family of seven, including a baby, posing on and around a wagon with bales of hay in rocky terrain. There are steep hills behind them.
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French Market

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the French market. A cart transporting bales of cotton is in the street on the left. Railroad tracks are in the street.
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Civil War "First Battle of Bull Run"

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Description: Steel engraving of the first major battle of the Civil War, fought in Virginia, near the Manassas, Virginia, railway junction, after which the battle is ca...
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Sunday School Picnic

Date: 1903
Description: Children on a decorated wagon during a Sunday school picnic of Caersalem Welsh Church.
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T.G. Mandt Carriage Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar...
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James Sanford Home

Date: 1875
Description: Young man and two women in a horse-drawn wagon in front of the fenced yard of the James Sanford home. There is a small patch of snow on the ground in front...
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Iron Bridge across Mississippi - Anaglyph

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...
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Boys and Girl Playing with Toy Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Young children playing with a toy wagon. An older boy is pulling a young girl sitting in a chair in a wagon, while another boy is pushing from behind. The ...
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Wagons at Herrling Sawmill

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Description: View from roof of wagons lined up by the Herrling sawmill.
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Denniston Avenue

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Description: View down Denniston Avenue. On the left side behind a long row of fences along the sidewalk are dwellings and a church. On the right side dwellings are alo...
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Farmers Delivering Corn

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of farmers bringing corn to the Lange Canning Co. plant. View looking west, from the west end of the old Madison Street bridge.
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Wagon with Oxen

Date: 1905
Description: Man and woman seated in a farm wagon drawn by oxen.

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