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"Plowboy"

Date: 1895
Description: Captain F.A. Bishoff and engineer Dan Cook on board the ferry "Plowboy."
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Damaged Sidewheel Saint Paul

Date: 1895
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, after running aground near Muscatine. The spar is set and the line out. Dan Sauer, the carpenter, is holding th...
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Log Jam

Date: 1895
Description: Logs move down the river, swirling with cross currents, resulting in a huge log jam.
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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.
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Lake Geneva Steamboat

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of Lake Geneva with the Lake Geneva steamboat.
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Bay State House

Date: 1895
Description: View down road with the Bay State House on the left. Three houses and a barbershop also line the street. A lamppost is in the left foreground. The Mississ...
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Monona Avenue

Date: 1895
Description: Attorney Albert G. Zimmerman took this photograph of Monona Avenue, with Lake Monona beyond, from the roof of the Madison Capitol about 1895. Across Main ...
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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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Rumsey's Landing

Date: 1895
Description: Rumsey's Landing on the Chippewa River about two miles below Caryville.
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Munger's Mill and Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Munger's Mill and dam, with men standing on and around the dam.
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Building a Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of men in the midst of dam construction.
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Steam Vessel at Dock

Date: 1895
Description: A view of a dock showing a steam vessel and men with a team of horses towing a log raft.
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View from Dock

Date: 1895
Description: A view from the dock.
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Panoramic View of Milwaukee

Date: 1895
Description: Panoramic view of Milwaukee looking northeast. City Hall is visible at the left and Lake Michigan can be seen at the upper right.
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Church

Date: 1895
Description: View across water towards a church.
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Zermatt, Switzerland

Date: 1895
Description: Houses by a stream in Zermatt, Switzerland. A woman is doing laundry (?) in the foreground.
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel Grounds

Date: 1895
Description: view from the hotel of the expansive grounds of the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel on Lake Monona. Located in Blooming Grove Township, the hotel was opened in 187...
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Depiction of Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 1895
Description: View of the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds, located on Lake Monona in Blooming Grove Township, just outside of Madison. The hotel opened in 1879 and on Ju...
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Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1895
Description: Side view of the statue on a plinth with Celtic designs, with his right hand holding a horn resting on his hip. The statue is located in Juneau Park. On th...
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Resort and Harbor

Date: 1895
Description: View from across railroad tracks. Resort is on the water's edge, with a small inlet on the right. Land is mostly sand, though a small part on the left ha...

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