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Man and Grandsons Standing in a Field

Date: 1880
Description: Albert Ludley Tuttle of Baraboo, standing with his grandchildren and grown sons with farm equipment and horses in a field of young trees. In the field in t...
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Lakeside Croquet Game

Date: 1880
Description: Lakeside lawn set up for croquet game and garden pavilion at the estate, "Sunnybank." A man sits in the grass with two children. On the right in the backgr...
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View of a Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1880
Description: John Parman's “Blacksmith, Wagon & Carriage” shop, with workmen and others posed with vehicles in front.
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Ellis Home

Date: 1880
Description: Shingled frame residence of A.G. Ellis. Children and adults are posed on the front porch, and on a balcony above.
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Flood Damage

Date: 1880
Description: View of flood damage, showing wrecked buildings along the Wisconsin River waterfront.
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Central Avenue

Date: 1880
Description: View along Central Avenue. There are a number of commercial buildings with false fronts. Groups of people stand near the road on the left and right.
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Railroad Bridge at Black River Falls

Date: 1880
Description: View across water towards what is identified as the second railroad bridge at Black River Falls. Note the wood trestle on the right.
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The Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: View from water over boats towards the four-story wood frame Second Empire style Whiting House Hotel standing on the lake shore at Lake Geneva. Several set...
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First Boarding House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of a boarding house in the woods surrounded by a pole fence. Hand-written on the reverse: "First Boarding house of Florence, Erected March 1st,...
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Men with Ore Carts

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of men posing with ore carts on railroad tracks. One man is standing on the dirt in the cart to the right. They are possibly excavating more di...
Print

Brumder Building

Date: 1880
Description: A halftone print copy of a photograph of George Brumder's 1873 three story brick building at 286-288 West Water Street. Brumder and his family lived on the...
Photograph

Site of Perrot's Wintering Post

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of two men on a rock formation in the foreground, one man sitting, and one man standing holding a flag. Below them is the Mississippi River a...
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Eau Claire Lumber Company

Date: 1880
Description: View of a lumber mill and logs floating on a river, which is spanned by a bridge. The mill has a sign that reads: "Cash for Wheat - Eau Claire City Mill." ...

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