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Lake Monona

Date: 1894
Description: Man in a rowboat on Lake Monona with a view of the city in the background.
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Loading Rock from Quarry

Date: 1894
Description: Men loading rock from Saddle Mound quarry onto a St. Paul Railroad flat car.
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Waukesha Scoot

Date: 1894
Description: View across railroad tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #212, also known as the Waukesha Scoot, at Milwaukee's Union Depot.
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German Methodist Church

Date: 1894
Description: View of the German Methodist Church with George Bowers, a milkman, standing in the foreground.
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1894
Description: Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. About 1894. Pinckney Street looking from 309 N. Pinckney." This was the home of Frederick King Conover.
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Panoramic View of Rochester and the Beaver Valley

Date: 1894
Description: Panoramic view of Rochester and the Beaver Valley. Junction of the Beaver River and the Ohio River. Settlements and multiple bridges are in the background.
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Woman Pushing Baby Carriage

Date: 1894
Description: Young woman in residential area, standing in a yard pushing a baby carriage with a ruffled top. On the left are houses, and in the far background a group o...
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View of Lower UW Campus

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view across open space with an oval track, looking towards Science Hall at the end of Langdon Street on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus...
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Wisconsin Dells, from Old Dell House

Date: 1894
Description: Panoramic view from shoreline of the Wisconsin River in the Wisconsin Dells as seen from the "Old Dell House." A canoe is visible on the shore on the far r...
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Decoration Day Parade

Date: 1894
Description: An elevated view of a Decoration Day parade, near what appears to be Capitol Park. A small crowd gathers at the edge of the street to view a military band ...
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Women and Child at the Edge of Lake Mendota

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view of three women and a young girl standing at the edge of a small cliff on the shores of Lake Mendota. Various shrubs and small trees grow on t...
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Young Girl on Wooden Bridge

Date: 1894
Description: A young girl poses on a rustic wooden bridge in the woods.
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McCormick Day Parade

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view looking down at wagons and crowd gathering for McCormick Day parade. "McCormick Day" was a promotional device sponsored by the McCormick Harv...
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Sawmill Fire

Date: 1894
Description: A crowd gathers and watches the sawmill on fire.
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Proposed Site of Library Building

Date: 1894
Description: Caption from photograph: "Proposed site of library building. Wis[consin] Histor[ical] Soc[iety].--looking N.W. Building would occupy place now covered by t...
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South Main Street and Dittberner Tailor Shop

Date: 1894
Description: Stereograph view down an unpaved road, with trees and buildings on either side. A large white house is faintly visible at the end of the road. Caption read...

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