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Steamboat "Clyde"

Date: 1870
Description: The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura...
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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
Description: A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa...
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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

Date: 1896
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway's locomotive # 96 at the Waukesha depot.
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Methodist Episcopal Church in Cameron

Date: 1908
Description: View of the Methodist Episcopal church. A ladder is set on the side of the belfry. A house is next to the church on the right.
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Durand Congregational Church

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the church. A bell tower is above the entrance. Caption reads: "Congregational Church, Durand, Wis."
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Eau Claire County Courthouse Bell Tower

Date: 1875
Description: View of the courthouse, with bell tower. The building was built about 1870. The roof and lower part have since been changed.
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First Ward School

Date: 1900
Description: First Ward School, razed in 1907.
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Street Scene, Ellison Bay

Date: 1910
Description: Street scene in Ellison Bay. On the far left is a building with a bell tower on the roof. Caption reads: "St. Scene, Ellison Bay, Wis."
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Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage

Date: 1900
Description: Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage built under Rev. G.N. Foster.
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City Hall, Rice Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior view of Rice Lake City Hall. A flag is flying from the top of the bell tower.
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Rhinelander High School

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of the first high school.
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St. John's Cathedral

Date: 1941
Description: Cathedral across Jackson Street. There is a large clock in the belfry.
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St. Mark's AME Church

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Description: St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church. 4th and Cedar (later W. Kilbourn Avenue). Cornerstone laid 12/5/1886. E.T. Mix was the architect. Two-story ...
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T.G. Mandt Carriage Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar...
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Lower Beetown School

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Description: Lower Beetown clapboard schoolhouse with bell tower and path.
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Georgetown School Building

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Description: View over wooden bridge of school building. There is a ladder near the front entrance which has a small bell tower. There is a shed on the left, and an ou...
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Glen Haven District #6 School Building

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Description: View from dirt road of brick schoolhouse with porch and small bell tower.
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Livingston Graded School

Date: 1913
Description: View across railroad tracks of a two-story clapboard schoolhouse with bell tower. Groups of children pose outside and another group of children look out on...
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Marion School District #3 School Building

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Description: View from road of a clapboard one-room school building with white trimming and a cream-colored chimney. There is a bell tower with a weather vane on top. A...

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