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Park and Pleasure Drive Association Members

Date: 1895
Description: Outdoor view of two men standing and two women sitting in a grassy field. They are possibly members of the Park and Pleasure Drive Association, of which Ch...
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Farm of Gustave Voight

Date: 1895
Description: Partially cleared stump land on the farm of Gustave Voight, two miles south of Merrill, Lincoln county. Logs for burning are in the foreground. In the far ...
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Log Jam

Date: 1895
Description: Logs move down the river, swirling with cross currents, resulting in a huge log jam.
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of a German language advertising catalog for the Johnston Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer ope...
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Snow-Covered Skating Pond

Date: 1895
Description: Winter scene of the skating pond at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Drawing

Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel

Date: 1895
Description: Drawing of the Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel at Beloit College.
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John Geiger House

Date: 1895
Description: Geiger house, residence of John Geiger. His son, Ferdinand A. Geiger, was a Federal District Judge in Milwaukee from 1912 through the 1930s.
Postcard

Walters Brewery in Eau Claire

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of Walters Brewery with adjacent buildings. Caption reads: "Birdseye View of Watters Brewery, Eau Claire, Wis."
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1895
Description: Front entrance to the Methodist Episcopal Church, the first parsonage built at Fayette.
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Frame House

Date: 1895
Description: Text from negative sleeve: "Madison environ, Wisconsin, ca.1895-1905. Frame house. Urban house with shutters and flag posters (?) in bottom bay window and ...
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Surgeons' Quarters

Date: 1895
Description: Front view of the Fort Howard surgeons' quarters.
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Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1895
Description: View of the Fort Howard hospital.
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Family and Workers in Field

Date: 1895
Description: A large family group and workers pose in field in front of farming machinery and haystacks.
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Residence of Daniel H. and Joshua Whitney

Date: 1895
Description: Daniel H. and Joshua Whitney's residence located at 402 Main Street at the intersection of Monroe Avenue. The house was torn down in 1897.
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Waumandee Mill

Date: 1895
Description: View of a mill, sluice and dam on Waumandee Creek. The mill was built by John Oschner in 1863. Two products produced by the mill were White Rose Flour and ...
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Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane

Date: 1895
Description: Dane County Asylum for the Criminally Insane. In 1880 it became a part of the county hospital system, which was set up to provide longer term care to peopl...
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Spensley Smelting Furnace

Date: 1895
Description: Joseph Spensley's smelting furnace, built in 1861.
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Rumsey's Landing

Date: 1895
Description: Rumsey's Landing on the Chippewa River about two miles below Caryville.
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View of Reedsburg, Wisconsin

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of multiple homes and buildings. Hills are in the distance.
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Kipp Residence

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior view of the Kipp residence with a woman in the front yard reclining in a hammock.

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