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Photograph

Portage View

Date: 1856
Description: View of Portage, including St. Mary's Church.
Painting

Manitowoc From the North Side

Date: 1856
Description: View of Manitowoc from the north side.
Print

Manny and Company's Circular Cover

Date: 1856
Description: Cover page of a Manny & Co. advertising circular featuring two illustrations of men using Manny's reaper and mower. The top illustration shows the reaper a...
Painting

Green Bay Painting

Date: 1856
Description: " . . . The first in their series was not an 'improvement' but a view of the Green Bay settlement, looking downstream. From a simulated rustic fence corner...
Drawing

Residence of John Kinzie, Esq. (The First House Built in Chicago)

Date: 1856
Description: Lithograhic view of the residence of John Kinzie on the bank of the Chicago River at the mouth of Lake Michigan. The residence consists of a house with a f...
Photograph

Engraving of "Champion Reaper & Mower Works"

Date: 1856
Description: Engraving showing Champion Reaper & Mower Works in Chicago, Illinois, where first Champion machine was built."
Photograph

Portage City, Wisconsin

Date: 1856
Description: Half plate ambrotype of an elevated view of Portage City, Wisconsin. The view encompasses a wooden Gothic Revival church and steeple on the right, with a d...

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