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Passenger Pigeon

Date: 1896
Description: A passenger pigeon on a perch. The passenger pigeon is now extinct. Part of a group of pigeons that lived in captivity in the aviary of Professor C.O. Whit...
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Train Cars Decorated for University of Wisconsin Clubs

Date: 1896
Description: Young man posing on train tracks in front of two passenger cars decorated with banners for the University of Wisconsin Glee, Banjo, and Mandolin Club.
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W.A. Oppel Grocery

Date: 1896
Description: Grocers standing in front of the W.A. Oppel Grocery located at 116 East Main Street. The five men are standing on the sidewalk among bine and crates displa...
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Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club on Train

Date: 1896
Description: Members of the University of Wisconsin Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club posing at the rear of a train during the Spring Tour of 1896. Railroad employees and o...
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Officals and Staff of Madison City Gas, Light & Coke Company

Date: 1896
Description: Officials and staff of Madison City Gas, Light & Coke Company (currently MG & E) at its Main Street office. From left to right are Henry L. Doherty (MG&E f...
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Flour and Grist Mill

Date: 1896
Description: Flour and grist mill built on Green Lake Prairie and later moved to Alto. It stood about 50 feet tall and 24 feet wide.
Map or Atlas

Platteville, Wis.

Date: 1896
Description: Bird's-eye map of Platteville with twenty-two locations identified below image. Town square to left of center, behind Main Street. Area bordered by Lancast...
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Hat Shop Window Display

Date: 1896
Description: The front window display of a Black River Falls hat shop. Rows of cloth caps, with linen, and straw hats are heaped on the showcase floor. A mannequin is ...
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Ingram Block

Date: 1896
Description: Corner view from intersection towards the Ingram block, which contained the public library.
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Eau Claire Public Library

Date: 1896
Description: Bookshelves and desks within the Eau Claire Public Library Reading Room.
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Eau Claire Public Library

Date: 1896
Description: Interior view of the Eau Claire Public Library. Tables and bookshelves in the public library reading room.
Print

Duncan's Coal Docks

Date: 1896
Description: View of W.E. Duncan's coal docks.
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Jefferson Street South from Doty Street

Date: 1896
Description: Jefferson Street south from Doty Street with trees lining the street.
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Passenger Pigeon: Profile View with Shadow

Date: 1896
Description: Profile view of a passenger pigeon, a species of pigeon now extinct, with its shadow projected on the wall of the cage behind. Part of a group of pigeons t...
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O.S. Head House

Date: 1896
Description: The residence of O.S. Head. A man is sitting in the foreground on a wrap-around bench around a tree.
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Back cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Illustrations show the McCormick Reaper Works factory and the McCormick No. 4 Steel Mower. A...
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Cereal Mills Company

Date: 1896
Description: View of the Cereal Mills Company building, with men and a horse-drawn buggy outside on of the buildings on the right. Another man is standing on the far le...
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Studio portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt

Date: 1896
Description: Waist-up portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, one of the best known leaders of the women's suffrage movement who had strong ties to the North Country and who o...
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City Hotel

Date: 1896
Description: Exterior view of the City Hotel with a group of people posed near its entrance.
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Wisconsin Heights, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Elevated view. Caption on negative sleeve reads: "Black Hawk Battlefield. Wis. Heights. 'Looking it of west across river' [sic] c. 1896. Mrs. Charle...

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