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| Date: | 04 1892 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the north shore of Lake Superior with cliffs and seagulls. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A ladder wagon of the Madison Fire Department races around corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A hose wagon of the Madison fire department racing around the corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets. A dog is chasing the wagon. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of the only known view of the first floor Rotunda of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, a remarkable stereograph by Dane County photographer Andreas L... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man leading a circus elephant on Main Street. On the opposite side of the street is a crowd watching from behind the iron fence on the C... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Park Hotel at the intersection of Carroll and Main streets, with the Capitol Park on the right. Several carriages are hitched at the p... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Depiction of a buffalo on the plains (Plate 2). "This noble animal, which is the largest and most formidable of the ruminating species, existing in North... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Horses cavorting on the plains (Plate 3). "Next in importance to the buffalo, for the use of man, is the horse, which is found joint-occupant with the In... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indians on foot and horseback capturing wild horses (Plate 4). "Taking the wild horse and breaking him down is one of the proudest feats of the Indian an... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indian on horseback hunting buffalo with bow and arrow (Plate 5). "In this picture we have the Indian mounted his wild horse, he is captured in the mode ... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indians on horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 6). "In this Plate, representing a numerous group in motion, and closely pursued by a party of Indians, wit... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indians on foot and horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 7). "The buffalo is a harmless and timid animal until severely wounded, or closely pursued, when i... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indians on horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 9). "Some sixty or seventy young men, all mounted on their wild horses, and armed with bows and lances only... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | A buffalo surrounded by wolves (Plate 10). "There are several varieties of the wolf species on the American prairies, the most numerous and formidable of... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Hunters using rifles to kill buffalo (Plate 11). "This plate represents the familiar mode of procuring meat, practiced by all the voyageurs on the Missou... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Buffalo chasing hunter with rifle on horseback (Plate 12). "The wounded and chafed bull often turns upon its assailant, and runs him back, over the whole... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indians disguised as wolves hunting buffaloes (Plate 13). "Of the white wolf and its habits I have given an account in Plate 10, and although these anima... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indians on snowshoes hunting buffaloes immobilized by snow (Plate 15). "In this plate is illustrated the mode alluded to in the preceding page, of the In... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Buffalo wounded by spear or arrow in the snow (Plate 16). "The reader has here, a striking illustration of the deadly effects of the Indian's arrow, and ... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Indians on snowshoes hunting buffaloes trapped in snow (Plate 17). "In this view the reader is introduced to the optimum of dreariness and severity which... |
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