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| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Alleged to be the earliest known view of St. Mary's Institute, which later became St. Mary's College. One-half of a stereograph. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of the freight steamer "Cornucopia" loading hides at the Hammond Brothers warehouse, with Lawrence University buildings on the hill... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Wind powered stone grist mill. Two men stand on a wood balcony near the open doorway of the windmill. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down Main Street. There are horse-drawn vehicles, and pedestrians are walking on the street and sidewalks. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | An excerpt from "Picturesque America," ed. Bryant, (1872). |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | A lithograph of the layout of Hooley's Opera House. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | View across road towards the State Normal School. A fence runs along the front of the school. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | This photograph was made soon after the building was completed. It shows a five-leveled structure which was cut down to two and one-half levels in 1921. At... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Map entitled Office Wallbridge Bro. U. Sargent showing upper Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | View from the path leading to the entrance of the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute). |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over residential area, with several churches in the background. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a wagon train passing through the town. There are numerous covered wagons and horses, and storefronts on both sides of the road. Caption r... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Distant view of the fledgling town showing a few log cabins, large tent buildings, saddled horses, pedestrians and a horse-drawn wagon. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | View across street toward the hotel, at 100 Jackson Street, built in 1872. It contains decorative brickwork around all street-side windows and on the pedim... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | A view of the facade and side of the First Methodist Church. All visible windows are made of stained glass and the highly ornate steeple is partially obscu... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Shows landowners, buildings, lot numbers, roads and railroads. Includes Menasha business directory. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | This map shows wards, roads, railroads, lot and block numbers, subdivisions, parks, some landownership, and a race course. Manuscript annotations in red in... |
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