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| Description: | Painting by S.M. Brookes of the Wisconsin Heights Battlefield. |
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| Description: | On June 20, 1856 Hölzlhuber took a two-wheeled horse cart from the Lake Shore Railroad depot in Milwaukee to East Water Street and the home of his hosts, t... |
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| Description: | The Ludemann's [also spelled Lueddemann] farm had been cultivated since the early 1850s by Mr. Ludemann, "a very pleasant Saxon with his very pleasant wife... |
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| Description: | View of Manitowoc from the north side. |
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| Description: | Engraved illustration from an advertising booklet for Manny's Patent Adjustable reaper and mower. The page features two images of men operating the reaper ... |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | "Three views in a short space show the peaceful appearance of what is now a busy paper mills center....The third, another rural river scene, whose composit... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | This map shows lot and block numbers, streets, the Mississippi River, Fort Crawford, depot ground, and a graveyard. An old fort location is outlined in red... |
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| Description: | Engraving showing Champion Reaper & Mower Works in Chicago, Illinois, where first Champion machine was built." |
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| 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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