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Norwegian Family with Possessions

Date: 1870
Description: Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc...
Photograph

Street Parade Rig

Date: 1870
Description: Street parade rig, apparently to agitate against delays in construction of a railroad to connect Manitowoc to the west. In the background is a store owned ...
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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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Town from Across a River

Date: 1870
Description: View from shoreline over river towards the town.
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The Annie Girdon

Date: 1870
Description: Sidewheel rafter, Annie Girdon. The crew is on deck and a raft of logs is in the foreground. Sign on wheel reads Annie Girdon, lightning pack...
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Unloading the Arkansas

Date: 1870
Description: The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, loaded with gunny sacks of wheat taken between 1872 and 1878. Men are unloading barrels and gunny sacks on a gangpl...
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Steamer Minnieta

Date: 1870
Description: The sternwheel excursion, Minnieta, on the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, in the 1870's.
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The Red Wing

Date: 1870
Description: The sternwheel packet, Red Wing, at a landing on the upper Mississippi River between 1870 and 1882. The sign painted over the wheel reads: "Keokuk N...
Book or Pamphlet

Dodge and Stevenson Catalog

Date: 1870
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Dodge's patent Reaper & Mower, Self-Raker. The cover features an engraved illustration of a woman leaning on a hor...
Photograph

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...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
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Catholic Church at La Pointe

Date: 1870
Description: Boardwalk leading to St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe.
Photograph

Milwaukee Grain Elevator

Date: 1870
Description: The Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company grain elevator at the Milwaukee harbor, with a sailing ship anchored nearby.
Photograph

Schooner on the Milwaukee River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee River with large sailing ship - a two-masted schooner - entering the port.
Photograph

Pinckney Street

Date: 1870
Description: View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background.
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Family with Windmill and House

Date: 1870
Description: Family and baby carriage next to wooden tower windmill with house behind them. A.L. Dahl, landscape photographer, wagon, left.
Photograph

Men with Horses and Wagons near Barn

Date: 1870
Description: Men, horses and wagons on a hillside. A barn and another building are in the background.
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Family Standing near their Barn

Date: 1870
Description: A family stands in front of a barn. Beside them are cattle, horses, a wagon and a manual rake reaper.
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Family in front of Farmstead

Date: 1870
Description: A family in a wagon, on horseback and standing in front of farmstead that has a stone fence.
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S. Pettersen Family

Date: 1870
Description: S. Pettersen family around square "center" table with a checkered table cloth in a house yard. A child is seated on the ground with the family dog while an...

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