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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.
Photograph

The Oderboltz Family

Date: 1880
Description: Three-quarter length studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young people in a European American family posed standing. The woman wear dres...
Photograph

Amelia Bright Williams Studio Portrait

Date: 1880
Description: Cabinet studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Amelia Bright Williams, second wife of Chauncey Williams.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Flood Damage

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

Mrs. Alexander Mitchell

Date: 1880
Description: Cabinet card of a full-length studio portrait of Mrs. Alexander Mitchell standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a floor-length dark-colore...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Woman

Date: 1880
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an unidentified European American woman posed standing in front of a painted backdrop in the opening of a gate on a fence. S...
Photograph

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.
Book or Pamphlet

Eclipse Wind Engine Co. Catalog

Date: 1880
Description: Page from Eclipse Wind Engine Co. [Beloit, Wisconsin] catalog featuring an illustration of an Eclipse Wind Engine installed in a barn. A cut-away view show...
Photograph

Self-Portrait in Mirror

Date: 1880
Description: A female photographer takes a self-portrait in a mirror. The left and bottom frame of the mirror are in the foreground. Her camera is an Eastman Kodak Comp...
Print

Keller's Advertising Cards

Date: 1880
Description: Front and back of advertising cards for the Excelsior Gleaner and Binder. Front features illustrations of a man using the machinery in a field. The back fe...
Book or Pamphlet

Meriam & Morgan Paraffine Co.

Date: 1880
Description: Front and back of 4-panel brochure. Features an illustration of the factory on the front cover. On the inside a 2-page spread features a color illustration...
Print

Peerless Reaper Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1880
Description: Front of advertising card featuring an illustration of a man woken up by a horse, on whose side is written: "Nightmare." Text above and below reads: "Why d...
Book or Pamphlet

Peerless Reaper Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1880
Description: Catalog cover with gold and black ink illustrations. In the center a woman standing on a globe of the earth carries a sheaf of wheat on her shoulder and a ...
Print

Sandwich Manufacturing Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1880
Description: Front of advertising card for Adams & French harvester and self-binding harvesters. Features a color illustration of winged children harvesting in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
Print

Royce Improved Reaper Advertising Card

Date: 1880
Description: Front of card with an illustration over an orange background of a man using a team of horses to pull a reaper in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

William Anson Wood Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1880
Description: Front and back cover with gold and blue ink. On the front cover a woman representing Europa is giving a coin to another woman representing America. Other i...
Photograph

Catherine Seipp

Date: 1880
Description: A full-length, seated cabinet card portrait of Catherine Orb Seipp wearing an elaborately detailed dress of heavy material. She is also wearing a bracelet,...

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