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Knudt Johnson

Date: 1865
Description: Tintype/ferrotype waist-up portrait of Knudt Johnson of the Dodgeville Guards, later known as Company C, 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Gold ...
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Group Portrait of Company I, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry

Date: 1865
Description: Group portrait made from a composite of 2 photoprints of Company I, first Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry. Standing in back: M.P. Stone, Hiram Gee. Next row: ...
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Woodcut of Women with Child

Date: 1865
Description: A woodprint of women with frightened child entitled "The First Dip Into Salt Water."
Drawing

Bird's-Eye View of New Glarus

Date: 1865
Description: Bird's-eye view of New Glarus.
Photograph

First Milwaukee Railroad Depot

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of the first Milwaukee railroad depot, which was used by the Milwaukee & Waukesha and the Milwaukee & Mississippi railroads. The Milwaukee &...
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Fred D. Grant

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Fred D. Grant, son of Ulysses S. Grant, at 15 years of age, standing near a chair in front of a painted backdrop dressed in ...
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Congregational Church

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of the Congregational church and surrounding buildings.
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J.K.P. Porter House

Date: 1865
Description: Family portrait of the Porters, standing in front of their log cabin with a horse.
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Raft Construction

Date: 1865
Description: Raft construction on the water.
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Eau Claire House

Date: 1865
Description: The first Eau Claire House built in 1856. It burned down in 1875.
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Eau Claire's First Presbyterian Church

Date: 1865
Description: Presbyterian Church, built in 1857, the first church building in Eau Claire. From a lithograph in the margin of an early map.
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Officers of the 43rd Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1865
Description: Officers of the 43rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with Colonel Amasa Cobb seated at the center. It is likely this picture was taken when the field and sta...
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Bridge in Wrightstown

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of a bridge and logging debris around residential homes.
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Milwaukee Street in Janesville

Date: 1865
Description: Milwaukee Street looking west. In the foreground is a dog standing on a bridge. Signs on a building on the right read: "Furniture" and "Valley Chief Reaper...
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Elevated View of Milwaukee Street

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee Street.
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State Prison

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Prison.
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Zeeland Mills

Date: 1865
Description: Zeeland Mills, built in 1862 by John Verstegen. The flour mill was 36' x 50', four stories and had "two runs of stone." It was still operating in 1911.
Drawing

Harvey Hospital

Date: 1865
Description: Harvey Hospital, or the Soldiers' Orphans Home. The main octagon section was the home of Governor Farwell, and the wing of wood was added in 1862 and used ...
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Mission House, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 1865
Description: View of a mission house, erected between 1862 and 1873.
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Milton College Campus

Date: 1865
Description: A view of the Milton College campus, showing three main buildings. Caption reads: "Milton College".

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