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| 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... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | View of Michipicoton, Ontario on Lake Superior showing a village with log structures and tents. Fishing nets are drying on poles. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of business district of Oshkosh, "drawn after nature" by the artist. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | The Grignon block house, "where the first Mass was said." |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Strang House, also called "Mormon House," where "King" Strang lived and died, and where he published the Voree Herald. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Main Street in Cedarburg. Includes text which reads: "Cedarburg, Wis., in the year 1850, showing Main Street as it appeared at that time. The photograph wa... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Angled front view of front and left side of Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of the First Methodist Church. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | View of the first Norwegian Church built in Gjerpen, organized October 4, 1850. Gjerpen was one of the earliest Norwegian settlements in Wisconsin |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Green Bay harbor and docks. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | An illustration of the Old North Pier landing on Huron Street, drawn from memory. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Buildings along Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Body of water body in foreground with boaters, buildings on shore in background. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | [... through northern United States from New York to Minnesota]. Lithography by T. Sinclair. From Perrault papers, Lucien S. Hanks, donor. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | New Glarus from an early lithograph. Caption reads: "A Swiss contribution to American culture, New Glarus, Wis., founded in 1845 by Swiss settlers and stil... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | A watercolor painting depicting a distant view of the city of Madison, circa 1850-1851. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map showing portions of present-day Iron and Vilas counties north of the Manitowish River as part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Wi... |
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