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| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of buildings in Glen Haven. Bluffs are in the background. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of the Methodist Church and parsonage, with Reverend Elvardo Cyrus Potter standing outside with his daughter, Grace. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Group of barn raising participants posed in front of the structure in progress. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Seated group of women and children participating in a barn raising. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A panoramic view of the east bank of the Wisconsin River from the Green Bay & Western Railway bridge to the wagon bridge. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two men in the DuCharme house, later known as the Grignon house. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The home and fur-trading post of Col. Dominique DuCharme. The portion of the structure on the left was built by DuCharme in 1791. The right portion was add... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Norwegian Octagon church, built in 1852 and torn down about 1891 or 1892. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Back cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog from 1885. The illustration shows horses with elaborate tack treading grain surrounded by men ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "First Soldier's Monuments Erected in the US — Lancaster Wis". There is a cannon and cannon balls on the lawn to the left of the monuments. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Lemonweir River flour mill built in 1852 and torn down in 1943. Mill and site were purchased in 1926 by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company for a power p... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Courthouse Rock. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Illustrated view of Superior, as well as Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul, and Winnipeg. Caption reads: "Superior - The Last Possible Great Marine City in the ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Collage of images featuring a view of the Nicollet House, a view down a main street, and portrait photographs of O.K. Hall, James Kane, and August Zachau. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Shell Lake before a fire on December 3, 1889 which swept Main Street and destroyed more than twenty business places. |
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