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Steamboat "Clyde"

Date: 1870
Description: The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura...
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Manitowoc, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t...
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Two-Story Brick Public School

Date: 1870
Description: Two-story brick building built in 1870 with arched windows, corner brackets, bell tower with elaborate cut work, four chimneys and fence in front. Inscript...
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Dining Room with Fireplace

Date: 1870
Description: Dining room in the home of Timothy Brown II and Elizabeth Barnard Brown, 116 East Gorham Street. The house was built in 1863.
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Anita McCormick as a Young Girl

Date: 1870
Description: Studio portrait of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) seated on a prop rock outcropping. She is wearing a dress with a sash over her shoulder, with legging...
Book or Pamphlet

Wash Tubs

Date: 1870
Description: Hardware catalog page showing wooden wash tubs and water pails.
Book or Pamphlet

Wooden Pails

Date: 1870
Description: Hardware catalog page showing wooden pails.
Photograph

Statue of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

Date: 1870
Description: A stereograph of a statue of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
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Immanuel's Kirche dur Evangelical German

Date: 1870
Description: View across street toward the exterior of Immanuel's Kirche dur Evangelical German church. All the arched windows are decorated with stained glass, mostly ...
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Statue of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson - Anaglyph

Date: 1870
Description: A stereograph of a statue of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
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Peter Schuster Family

Date: 1870
Description: A family portrait of the Peter Schuster Family in front of a painted backdrop.
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Date: 1870
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Lawrence [Lourens] Alma-Tadema, a Dutch-born, British painter known for depictions of Roman life painted in the Academ...

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