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View Across Camp Randall

Date: 09 10 1875
Description: View looking west across the area once occupied by Camp Randall during the Civil War and towards the Breese Stevens farm property. The Madison Centennial ...
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Camp Randall Annual Fair

Date: 1879
Description: Elevated view of ornate carriage and animal cage with tents and people looking on at the annual Wisconsin State Fair held at Camp Randall.
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Horse Race at Camp Randall Fairgrounds

Date: 09 10 1879
Description: Crowd at the Camp Randall fairgrounds watching a horse race, part of that year's Wisconsin State Fair. Carriages and people are near buildings on the left,...
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Old Barracks at Fort Howard

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Description: View of the barracks on at the edge of a snow-covered street.
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Fort Crawford

Date: 1925
Description: Ruins at Fort Crawford.
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Fort Crawford

Date: 1930
Description: Ruins of Fort Crawford.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: Miss Mary Prescott and Mrs. William McMahon, grandaughter and great grandaughter, respectively, of Pierre Paquette, appeared at a meeting called by the Wis...
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Stone Tower at Fort William Henry

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Description: View from rocky shore toward the stone tower at Fort William Henry. Four automobiles are parked in front of the tower, with houses and other buildings in t...
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Dorchester Fort

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Description: A view of Dorchester Fort, overrun with plants and trees. There is a man in the front seat of a carriage visible through a break in the wall.
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Fort Union

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Description: An illustrated view of Fort Union (on the North Dakota-Montana boundary), with an Indian encampment.
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Elevated View of Fort Seward

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Description: Elevated view of Fort Seward from Mount Rippinsky, showing Pyramid Harbor and Davidson Glacier in distance. Caption reads: "Haines and Fort Wm. H. Seward f...
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Pilgrim Meeting House

Date: 1887
Description: Historic re-creation painting of two Pilgrims approaching an old fort converted into their first meeting house. Painted by W.L. Williams.
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John Brown's Fort and Portrait of John Brown

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Description: View of John Brown's Fort, built in 1848 and originally constructed for use as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harper...
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Aunt Charlotte

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Description: An old woman known as Aunt Charlotte in an ox-drawn cart on fortress grounds. Caption reads: "Aunt Charlotte, Fortress Monroe, VA."
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Logging Wheels

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Description: Two large logging wheels outside of Fort Algonquin, located off of US 21. The wheels sit to the right of a path, and in front of a small log structure. In ...
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Block House

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of the Block House, built in 1880, at the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The United States flag waves on a pole atop the Block House....
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Interior of Block House

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Description: Interior view of the block house with a steep exposed ceiling. A man is siting in a chair, and United States flags adorn the columns and a framed image on ...
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Fort Oglethorpe

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Description: A view of the stone ruins of Fort Oglethorpe, erected in 1735. Trees frame the right side of the photograph, and a body of water is on the left.
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Fort Sumter

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Description: A painting of a harbor view of Fort Sumter. A sailboat sails through the foreground waters, and the fort is in the background, with a United States flag wa...
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Fort Sumter

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Description: Interior view of Fort Sumter. Two open doors show a staircase in the distance, and two dates, "1776" and "1917" are written on the wall. Construction on ...

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