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Exterior of Pharmacie Werner

Date: 1889
Description: View of the exterior of the Pharmacie Werner in Boulay/Bolchen, France. This region was part of Germany in 1889. Two men are standing in front of the build...
Map or Atlas

Fuller Opera House

Date: 1889
Description: Illustration of the exterior of the Fuller Opera House, which is a detail from a bird's-eye view map of Madison.
Photograph

Northwest View of Washington Street and the Fox River

Date: 1889
Description: Elevated view of Washington Street and the Fox River and buildings nearby.
Map or Atlas

Dane County Courthouse

Date: 1889
Description: Dane County Courthouse, begun in the fall of 1883 and finished in the spring of 1886. The cost, including equipment, was a little over $180,000.
Photograph

Stanley, Wisconsin

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph view of a construction scene in Stanley.
Drawing

U.S. Courthouse and U.S. Post Office

Date: 1889
Description: U.S Courthouse and U.S. Post Office from a map in the manuscripts division. Copyright Angell and Hastreiter.
Print

Tonyawatha Spring Hotel Grounds

Date: 1889
Description: From a map published by Angell and Hastreither, the drawing depicts the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds on Lake Monona. The hotel, located in Blooming Grov...
Print

Bijou Opera House

Date: 1889
Description: Souvenir Booklet made for the opening night of August 19, 1889. Half of the image is the opera house, and the other half is a brief summary and descriptio...
Print

Bijou Opera House

Date: 1889
Description: Souvenir Booklet for the opening night of August 19. Interior view showing part of the stage, floor seating, stairs, and the three levels of balcony seati...
Photograph

Viaduct

Date: 1889
Description: Chicago & North Western Railway viaduct on the line along the Milwaukee River. The viaduct has two arched passages, and stones and rocks lining the path f...
Photograph

Court House Square

Date: 1889
Description: Fountain in center, with trees along the border of the small square. A man sits on a bench and children are on the left. The courthouse is visible in the b...
Photograph

Milwaukee Club

Date: 1889
Description: Corner of 706 North Jefferson Street; from a booklet of collotype views published by the photographer. The building has a turret with a rounded roof. At th...
Photograph

Alexander Mitchell House

Date: 1889
Description: Ninth Street and Grand Avenue. House sits behind trees and a lawn. The main house is in the center, and a greenhouse, with a domes roof, branches off the...
Photograph

Morris Pratt Institute

Date: 1889
Description: Veew toward the facade and right side of the Morris Pratt Institute on a street corner. The roof line has an ornate iron railing running around its perimet...
Map or Atlas

Madison, Site of the University of Wisconsin and Capital of the State

Date: 1889
Description: This map shows a plat of city, city limits, numbered blocks, numbered lots, wards, local streets, roads, railroads, street railways, fire limits, hydrants,...
Photograph

Men Posing in the New Street

Date: 1889
Description: Elevated view of group gathered and posed on a new street. Behind the group is a large pile of lumber, wooden sidewalks, and what appear to be newly-constr...
Photograph

Group Portrait in front of David Atwood House

Date: 1889
Description: Group portrait posed in a horse-drawn carriage outside the David Atwood House, at 204 Monona Avenue. Caption on back of photograph reads: "Group of ladies ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Onalaska, Wisconsin

Date: 1889
Description: This map lists township and section numbers outside municipality, housing additions and subdivisions and plat owners outside municipality, the Black River,...

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