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| Description: | Color drawing of beavers working on and living at their dams. |
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| Description: | Back cover of an 1859 catalog advertising McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machines. Features a drawing of an original McCormick reaper being used to harves... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Full-length, carte-de-visite portrait of John H. Lathrop (1799-1866), first chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. Lathrop's tenure was marked by contr... |
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| Description: | Madison's Pinckney Street, with the Capitol Park in the foreground and Farwell's octagon house and Lake Monona in the distance. This view has been various... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Cassius Fairchild of Madison, the eldest son of Jairus Fairchild, about 1859. At this time he assumed responsibility for a large part of the fa... |
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| Description: | A drawing of the private Haskell University that was operating during the 1850's. The drawing was done by a student, Mrs. L. Campbell who spelled the name ... |
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| Description: | Map featuring various views of buildings and scenes from Sauk County. |
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| Description: | Flyer and order form advertising McCormick's Reaper and Mower. Features the headline "15,000 sold in the last 4 years" under an illustration of the reaper... |
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| Description: | Handbill advertising McCormick's reaper and mower. Includes the headline "15,000 sold in the last four years." An order form is attached to the bottom of t... |
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| Description: | This 1859 railroad map shows counties, cities, rivers and lakes in the entire state of Wisconsin. It includes an inset depicting the railroads in Milwaukee... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Increase A. Lapham in suit and tie. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Detail of section 5 of the Washington County map showing only Hartford. |
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| Description: | Sheet music cover for the song "North Western Railway Polka." Images on the page include two trains, two soldiers, and a crowd in a ballroom. |
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| Description: | 1859 Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad pass belonging to S.S. Merrill. Pass is signed by George Dunlap. |
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| Description: | 1859 sectional map of the state of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with young girl holding a doll. She and her doll are both wearing a dress. The girl has her hair in a snood. A verse is below that rea... |
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| Description: | This map of the entire state of Wisconsin depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railro... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | This map, which includes eastern Iowa and northern Illinois but omits the northern and northwestern tiers of counties in Wisconsin, shows the township surv... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | This 1859 map of Washington County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, landownership and acreages, cities and villages, roads, ... |
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