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Village Across Pond

Date: 1875
Description: A view of the village from a nearby bluff across a pond. Men, women and children, standing spaced apart, are posing in the field near the pond.
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Bird's-Eye View of Richland Center

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Richland Center.
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Moscow Library Association

Date: 1875
Description: Group portrait of the Moscow Laseselskab (the Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group.
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Steamboat on Devil's Lake

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of people, elegantly dressed, posing on a pier, with a steamboat and rowboats docked on it on Devil's Lake. An American flag is on the steamb...
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Family with Horses and Wagons

Date: 1875
Description: View uphill towards a family standing in a yard, some in wagons, behind a wood fence and picket gate. Behind them is a simple frame house with small window...
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View From Southeast Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 1875
Description: View from Southeast shore of Lake Monona across a cornfield, perhaps on the farm of Thomas Williamson.
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Students by Brick High School

Date: 1875
Description: View across wooden platform of a brick high school on a hill surrounded by a fence. The school has a mansard roof and what appears to be a bell tower above...
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Aerial View of Town along Mississippi River

Date: 1875
Description: Aerial view of Alma along Mississippi River, with bluffs along the horizon.
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Buildings on a Hillside

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of buildings on a hillside.
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View of Menomonie

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph elevated view of a river and homes of Menomonie.
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Water Street, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: View of unpaved Water Street south of the Highway 12 intersection, looking north. Bluffs are in the distance.
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Fort Crawford

Date: 1875
Description: Fort Crawford ruins. This image may be even earlier than 1875; by the 1880's almost nothing was left of the actual fort compound buildings. Men are sitting...
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"Diamond Jo" Steamboat

Date: 1875
Description: View down hill towards "Diamond Jo" steamboat docked on the shoreline of the Mississippi River while goods are being loaded onto the steamboat.
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Spooner Home

Date: 1875
Description: View of the Spooner residence on the south corner of Wilson and Carroll Streets, with the lake in the background. This was the home of John C., Phil H., an...
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Scene From Cardinal's Play

Date: 1875
Description: Costumed students act out a scene from Cardinal's Play outdoors on a lawn near a wooded area at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. The college was founded...
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City View of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph view of Black Hawk Avenue.

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