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Leaping the Chasm

Date: 1886
Description: Ashley Bennett, son of photographer H.H. Bennett, is captured in mid-air as he jumps to Stand Rock.
Photograph

Clippers Baseball Team

Date: 1886
Description: The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

Furniture Store

Date: 1886
Description: Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The...
Print

Baraboo, Wis. County Seat of Sauk Co.

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Baraboo with inset of Devil's Lake, the south and east sides of the commercial square, the First National Bank, and the Warren House hote...
Photograph

Milwaukee Panorama Artists with Panorama

Date: 1886
Description: Group portrait of a group of German panorama painters on a scaffolding in their Milwaukee studio, with The Atlanta Cyclorama as a backdrop. Included in the...
Photograph

Belle Case and Fola La Follette

Date: 1886
Description: Belle Case La Follette posed with her daughter Fola.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 1886
Description: Full-length studio portrait of (Hoonk Ha Ga Kah) (Son of [Wa Con Cha Kah[ John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder). He is leani...
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1409: Cook and Cookie After Dinner - Anaglyph

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of Ashley Bennett ("Cookie") who volunteered his services during the float, and the cook Mike Lane, on the Arpin fleet of lumber rafts.
Photograph

Portrait of Four Men

Date: 1886
Description: J.R. Sharp, P.E. Woodley, W.M. Bour, and R.M. Seymour sit and stand for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop wearing work clothes, ties, and ha...
Photograph

Bar and Bartenders

Date: 1886
Description: Saloon interior of two bartenders standing behind the bar. On the bar is a variety of glassware and bottles. On the wall behind the bar are three large mir...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County and Plans of Pewaukee, Oconomowoc, Soldiers' Home, Wauwatosa, Waukesha

Date: 1886
Description: A hand-colored map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin that shows the township and range system, sections, towns, roads, railroads and rail stations, cities and...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Counties of Milwaukee and Waukesha Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: Map shows townships, post offices, roads, railroads, and selected buildings. The sections are in pink, green, blue, and yellow. Counties, towns, and lakes ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Unidentified Man

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of an unidentified man.
Photograph

Class of 1886

Date: 1886
Description: Posed group portrait of men and women members of the “Class of '86” at Lawrence College. The 8 men have silk top hats and the 4 women have umbrellas, for a...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: This map has relief shown by hachures and includes a list of plats in order of date of record, laws which vacate plats, plats not shown as upon the county ...
Photograph

Portrait of George S. Parker

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.

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