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Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Date: 1880
Description: Outdoor elevated view of a reunion of the Norwegian American men of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Luther College. They are posin...
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Layton House

Date: 1880
Description: 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style...
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Panoramic View of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map over the Mississippi River of Fountain City. Paddle steamers and steamboats are on the river, and bluffs are in the background.
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Capitol Park Entrance and Madison City Hall

Date: 1880
Description: View from the Wisconsin Avenue entrance of the Capitol Park to Madison City Hall. The City Hall building has a clock tower on the roof. The stone gateways ...
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William McFarland Family Pose in Yard

Date: 1880
Description: The William McFarland family is gathered around a table covered with books, pine cones, glassware and flowers in front of their Exchange Street house in Mc...
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Simmons Residence

Date: 1880
Description: Simmons residence, with people sitting on the porch and standing near the front entrance.
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Green Bay Residence

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of home and lawn on a summer day, with a forest in the background and a picket fence in the foreground. The house has a lookout on the roof.
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Jarius Fairchild Residence

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Fairchild Residence, 302 Monona Avenue, at the intersection of Wilson Street. It was built around 1850 by Jarius C. Fairchild, Madison's...
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Octagon House

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of the Richards octagon house.
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Elevated view of Shell Lake

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Shell Lake looking northwest.
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Menomonie from Meadow Hill

Date: 1880
Description: View of Menomonie from Meadow Hill.
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Red Cedar or Menomonie River and the Mills

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Red Cedar (or Menomonie) River and the Knapp, Stout & Co., mills from the top of present day Meadow Hill Dr. looking Southeast.
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Northrop Residence

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of the B.B. Northrop residence.
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Murray-Kearney House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereographic exterior view of the Murray-Kearney house. Caption reads: "Geo. Murray Residence, Racine, Wis. Wash -n Ave & Asylum(?) Ave".
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Knapp House

Date: 1880
Description: The F.M. Knapp residence, northwest corner of Main and 10th Streets. A man is standing and leaning on a tree on the terrace.
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Graham Residence

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of the Frederick Graham residence.
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Fort Crawford

Date: 1880
Description: Fort Crawford Hospital. A man is sitting on a branch in the yard.
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Artesian Well

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of an artesian well, located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since renamed Wacouta). Construction was com...
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Purdy House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Purdy house. Angled view from street towards the right side of the house, with a horse-drawn buggy.

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