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Steamboat Golden Era

Date: 1863
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Golden Era, which did service during the Civil War, docked near buildings. It was sold to Michael Purcell of New Orle...
Photograph

St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church

Date: 1863
Description: Exterior of St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church, with trees and a fence in the foreground.
Photograph

Gottshalk's First Meat Market

Date: 1863
Description: Exterior view of M. Gottshalk's first meat market.
Photograph

Sawyer House

Date: 1863
Description: View across street towards Senator Philetus Sawyer's residence. Sawyer was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1881. People are posing in horse-drawn vehicles in...
Drawing

Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: A view overlooking the grounds towards the Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block of East Gorham Street, and its surrounding property. A man is...
Drawing

Waterfront on the Grounds of Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: View of the shoreline on the Walker Castle grounds. Two men are boating while a young boy fishes from the shore.
Photograph

Libby Prison

Date: 1863
Description: A heavily retouched photographic view of Libby Prison. This view shows tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings.
Photograph

Ripon College

Date: 1863
Description: View down hill across lawn toward a three-story building with a cupola at the bottom of the hill on the Ripon College campus. Caption reads: "View across t...
Photograph

Gynasium, Northwestern College

Date: 1863
Description: View of the gymnasium at Northwestern College. A staircase leads up the terraced hill to the brick building.
Postcard

Stage Coach

Date: 1863
Description: Photographic postcard of a stagecoach pulled by four horses in the road in front of a harness shop. Two men sit in the upper seat. A handful of people stan...
Photograph

Falls of Saint Anthony

Date: 1863
Description: Carte-de-visite view of the Falls of Saint Anthony and logs caught on rocks in the falls.

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