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| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Peter Selb, Ben Dietrich, J.A. Lockwood, Matt Dietrich, and John Downing pose around the hand engine of the volunteer fire department. All but Selb were ch... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View of Fountain City. The text on the photographs reads: "Principal Depot for Minnesota Views, at Martin's Art Gallery, 264 Third Street, St. Paul" and th... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Picnic Point from University Drive. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View over Mississippi River of town on shoreline with bluff in the background. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Illinois Central railway station. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the left, and people are along the platform. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Some of the Old-Timers in the photograph: Steamers: Petosky (on stocks), Muskegon, Corona, A.D. Hayward, City of St. Joe, Lotus, J.F. Dayan, Grace Willia... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | The Utly Residence, surrounded by a fence, on the north-east corner of Wisconsin and 8th Streets. Built by E.R. Cooley. A man is standing in the center nea... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the school building. There is a small group of children sitting on the front steps. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Side view of Fourth Ward School, surrounded by wooden fence. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Second Ward School. Newly planted trees with wood supports are in the yard surrounding the school. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on the street and sidewalk in front of the church. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel on Lake Monona. The hotel, on the east shore of the lake, is located in Blooming Grove Township, just... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Built in 1840 by Lemuel Hull. William Singer was the mason. The basement was made by lowering the hill. There were originally only two stories. First ... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Northwest corner of Grand Avenue and 4th Street. Built in 1854 at a cost of $18,000. The storefronts were added in 1868; the building razed in 1886. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Mansions and churches are along the road, and Lake Mendota and Picnic Point ar... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View across Bascom Hill of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Building built in 1887. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | View across Park Street towards the northwest of the new Science Hall, shortly after its completion on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Part of ... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. View from across Park Street taken shortly after completion of new building after f... |
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