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Monona Avenue

Date: 1890
Description: Several houses at the intersection of Wilson Street and Monona Avenue with the home of Simeon Mills, one of Madison's most prominent citizens, on the corne...
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Park House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Park House Hotel (called the Commercial House before 1888), which burned down in 1892. Two people are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle on the l...
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Union High School

Date: 1890
Description: Back view of Union High School.
Postcard

Blair House

Date: 1890
Description: View across unpaved road towards the Blair House. Caption reads: "Blair House, The Travelingman's Home, Blair, Wis."
Photograph

Mission House, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: View from road towards a mission house, erected between 1862 and 1873.
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Stephen Bull Residence

Date: 1890
Description: Stephen Bull residence before enlargement. Edna Billings appears is on the right.
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Turner-Rusch House

Date: 1890
Description: The Turner-Rusch house. Frederick Jackson Turner's family lived here until 1882 when it was purchased by the Rusch Family. Julia Rusch was later (1950) pri...
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view from across road of Chadbourne Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a church building on the right.
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Music Hall

Date: 1890
Description: View across Park Street of Music Hall and Library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Chadbourne Hall is on the left.
Photograph

Science Hall

Date: 1890
Description: View towards southwest of exterior of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Music Hall can be seen on the left on the opposite side of Ba...
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Science Hall

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view across Park Street of Science Hall. University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Part of the Chemical Laboratory building is on the right, and Mus...
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Roosevelt Terrace

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view from across street of Roosevelt Terrace apartments.
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Aftermath of the Battle of Antietam

Date: 1890
Description: Site of the Battle of Antietam. The bloody lane.
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee : Showing Location of Its Principal Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Map of Milwaukee as remembered by "Dr Enoch Chase, U.B. Smith & Others." Represented are major roads, lowlands, trails, homesteads, and lots. Map depicts t...
Map or Atlas

Mapa Kolonii Hofa Park, Pulaski, Sobieski i Kraków w Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: The map shows roads and railroads, houses, schools, town halls, and other points of interest in parts of Shawano, Oconto, and Brown counties. The lower lef...
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House Where General Reynolds' Body was Carried, Gettysburg

Date: 1890
Description: View across road towards the house where General Reynolds' body was taken after he was killed on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

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