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Louis LeBrun

Date: 1860
Description: Full portrait of Louis LeBrun with dog at his feet. Hercules Dousman brought LeBrun from Canada as an indentured servant in 1852. After completing his in...
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Bird's-Eye View of Janesville

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building.
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Corner of W. Main and S. Carroll Streets

Date: 1860
Description: View across Capitol Park lawn towards the corner of West Main and South Carroll Streets with businesses and horse-drawn wagons. The building at the corner ...
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Garden City Brewery

Date: 1860
Description: Exterior view of the Garden City Brewery, built in 1854. A person is on horseback in the yard below on the left, and a man is standing above them in an ope...
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Van Alstine Exchange

Date: 1860
Description: Slightly elevated view of The Van Alstine Exchange, an early hotel in Watertown.
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East Main Street

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of east side of Main Street, with Raymond & Jones Hardware visible at 112 Main Street.
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East Side of Main Street

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of east side of Main Street, with Langlois & Robilliard visible at 137 Main Street.
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Garibaldi. Entrée à Naples

Date: 1860
Description: This color lithograph shows Giuseppe Garibaldi and his red shirts entering Naples, Italy, on horseback as women shower them with flowers. This is a romanti...
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Looking North from Reed Street

Date: 1860
Description: Image drawn by Franz Hölzlhuber of early Milwaukee settlement with a horse-drawn carriage, as well as industry and a railroad. The text on the image reads:...
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That Feed Won't Do

Date: 1860
Description: Soldier-farmer, "Jeffy" (Jefferson) Davis, in full uniform with a straw hat is giving feed (bonds) to a sow (the Confederacy). The sow is in turn feeding i...
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Jeff. Davis in Suspense, Long May He Wave

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis hanging by a noose in a tree with a serpent wrapped around it. The "SOUTHERN EAGLE" is flying in the background. Captions below read: "JEFF...
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Union Gamecock and Secession Chicken

Date: 1860
Description: A rooster with a Union flag, representing the Union army, is facing a chicken (with what appears to be ostrich legs) with a piracy flag, which is supposed ...
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I Always Win

Date: 1860
Description: An elephant wearing boots is carrying a banner that reads: "I ALWAYS WIN." The banner has a face on the left end and is holding up the elephant's tail with...
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The Moaning of the Tied

Date: 1860
Description: A howling dog tied to a post, with an empty food dish in front of him. Water is in the background with a sailing ship, probably from the blockade. Text abo...
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When I Wish to Catch Rats, I First Stop Their Holes

Date: 1860
Description: A seven-sided arrangement of Union ships and military camps surrounding 7 rats and one cat. Harpers Ferry is in the center of a circular design. The ship l...
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Thy Stars Are From Heaven's Bright Mansions Above

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia is holding a wreath in her left hand and a Union flag in her right hand. A federal (bald) eagle and a cannon are behind her. A verse to her r...
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The Irrepressible Conflict

Date: 1860
Description: Federal (bald) eagle attacking a rattlesnake. The eagle has a Union flag in its left talons and a snake in its right, while biting the snake with its beak....
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Secession Emblems

Date: 1860
Description: A snake, a skull and an ostrich feather in a pile on the ground. The text above reads: "Vanity, Treachery & Death." Caption below reads: "SECESSION EMBLEMS...
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Let Me Alone

Date: 1860
Description: A charging elephant tossing Jefferson Davis and a dog into the air. Davis is holding a tattered Confederate flag. The elephant is labeled: "UNCLE SAM," and...
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The Northern Elephant

Date: 1860
Description: Marching elephant wearing boots and a blanket carrying a banner. The banner reads: "The Northern Elephant," and has a face on the left side that is holding...

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