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J.N. Hegeman Drugstore at 60 Fulton Avenue

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of the J.N. Hegeman Drugstore at 60 Fulton Avenue. Left to right: a clerk, J.W. Ferris, an errand boy, William O'Bry, and a porter.
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Dr. Hanson's Thermo Water Cure in Milwuakee

Date: 1885
Description: The Milwaukee Thermo Therapae building at Fourth and Sycamore Streets. It was also known as Dr. Hanson's Thermo Water Cure.
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H.W. Tenney House

Date: 1885
Description: This is the H.W. Tenney house built by Charles Patten in the late 1870's, bought by Mr. Tenney in the spring of 1881. The people are, (left to right): Eva ...
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E.M. Maurer Bookstore

Date: 1885
Description: A man is posing in front of the corner entrance to the E.M. Maurer Bookstore. Above the corner entrance is a turret, and a small child is looking out of on...
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Hotel Chequamegon

Date: 1885
Description: View of the original Hotel Chequamegon, built by the Wisconsin Central Railroad interests and opened in 1877. It was built of wood with a wrap around porch...
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Beloit College Campus

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph view of the Middle College building. Groups of men are posing standing in front, and other men are posing at the entrance and in open windows. ...
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Beloit College Chapel

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph view of Beloit College Chapel, with the congregation posed outside on the lawn.
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Beloit College, Memorial Hall

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph view of Memorial Hall at Beloit College.
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Rockdale Mill

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Rockdale mill, a grist and sawmill built in 1847 by Thomas and Nathan Van Horn. A group of people are standing on a sidewalk or loading dock on...
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Ingram Residence

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior of the Ingram residence in winter, home of the wealthy lumberman O.H. Ingram.
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Bartlett School

Date: 1885
Description: The Third Ward, East Side, or Barlett School, after additions had been put on in the rear. The Bartlett after whom the school building was named was Willia...
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"Washington" School in Eau Claire

Date: 1885
Description: Front entry way to the "Washington" school, on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway.
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Main Street

Date: 1885
Description: View across unpaved Main Street, with storefronts on the right, including a restaurant and meat market. Caption reads: "Main Street".
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Mississippi River

Date: 1885
Description: Mississippi River stereograph, with a St. Jacob's Oil building in the distance.
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Glen Haven

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of buildings in Glen Haven. Bluffs are in the background.
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"Lawton's Folly"

Date: 1885
Description: "Lawton's Folly," the home of Joseph Lawton, built in 1851, between De Pere and Ft. Howard. Joseph Lawton came from Pennsylvannia. This building no longer ...
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Methodist Church and Parsonage

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Methodist Church and parsonage, with Reverend Elvardo Cyrus Potter standing outside with his daughter, Grace.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1885
Description: Group of barn raising participants posed in front of the structure in progress.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1885
Description: Seated group of women and children participating in a barn raising.
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Wisconsin River from Bridge

Date: 1885
Description: A panoramic view of the east bank of the Wisconsin River from the Green Bay & Western Railway bridge to the wagon bridge.

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