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Lumber Rafts in Narrows

Date: 1887
Description: Two lumber rafts with men aboard floating down the Wisconsin River.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of farmers in a field with a horse-dra...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Junior Grain Binder

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of the Milwaukee Junior binder, t...
Photograph

Utly Residence

Date: 1887
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...
Photograph

High School

Date: 1887
Description: View from street towards the school building. There is a small group of children sitting on the front steps.
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Lemuel Hull House

Date: 1887
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 ...
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Pilgrim Meeting House

Date: 1887
Description: Historic re-creation painting of two Pilgrims approaching an old fort converted into their first meeting house. Painted by W.L. Williams.
Photograph

Spectators at Grand Regatta - Anaglyph

Date: 1887
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake.
Print

St. Valentine's Day

Date: 1887
Description: Valentine's Day card with tan fringe and tasseled cords. A border of white daisies surrounds a smaller zig-zag border. Inside the border is the text "St. V...
Photograph

Filling a Cup

Date: 1887
Description: Wisconsin National Guardsmen in full gear. One man in the foreground fills a tin cup from a spigot.
Photograph

Camp Douglas Inspection

Date: 1887
Description: Wisconsin National Guardsmen standing in two rows for inspection. There are trees and bluffs in the background.
Photograph

National Guard Band

Date: 1887
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard band pose with their instruments at Camp Douglas.
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Captain Harry Ellis and Gathering Guns

Date: 1887
Description: Wisconsin National Guard First Light Battery A from Milwaukee at Camp Douglas. A team of horses pulls a small wagon. There are trees and bluffs in the back...
Photograph

Visitors at Camp Douglas

Date: 1887
Description: A group of visitors to Camp Douglas are gathered at the edge of an open field, perhaps observing military exercises. Several carry umbrellas.
Photograph

Wisconsin National Guard, Light Horse Squadron, Troop A

Date: 1887
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard Light Horse Squadron, Troop A standing in a row. Three women and one man, visitors to Camp Douglas, stand facing th...
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Camp of Wisconsin National Guard at Fairground

Date: 1887
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin National Guard encampment at Racine County fairgrounds. Several tents are set up in the background, while visitors mingle in...
Photograph

Raft of Lumber

Date: 1887
Description: A raft of lumber which has been floated down the Wisconsin River to be broken up and sold. Two men are standing on the raft, each near lumber stacked on a ...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of Excelsior Harvesting Machines Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover with the title: "A Group of Folding Binders" and four color illustrations. The top left illustration shows a man driving "The No. 7 Light Excels...
Photograph

Catherine Seipp and Her Children

Date: 1887
Description: Group studio portrait in front of a painted background. Catherine Orb Seipp, seated at left, poses with her children. From left: Conrad, Clara, Emma (stand...
Photograph

Oxen in Harness with Haul of Logs

Date: 1887
Description: Seven men are posing on or near a haul of logs loaded onto a sled. Some of the men are holding cant hooks. A team of oxen are yoked to the sled.

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