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Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford (the second site, with buildings of 1829-?), on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 2 miles above the mouth of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Townsend House, a resort hotel. In the foreground there are three people in a rowboat, rowing under a bridge where four other people are... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Rochester and the Beaver Valley. Junction of the Beaver River and the Ohio River. Settlements and multiple bridges are in the background. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Six men of the fishing colony on the shorelines of the Mississippi River. Numerous boats, logs, and fishing nets are scattered across the beach. Caption on... |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored lithograph of Fort Armstrong, based on a drawing by Henry Lewis. Includes boats on the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | A man tying a rope around a log on a lumber raft. |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Pencil sketch of a cross-section of the Dells of the Wisconsin River. People are in a row boat in the center. Caption at bottom: "The Dells — Wisconsin Riv... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | From a map published by Angell and Hastreither, the drawing depicts the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds on Lake Monona. The hotel, located in Blooming Grov... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 27 1896 |
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| Description: | View of Turville's Point and its shoreline on Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | View of the shoreline on the Walker Castle grounds. Two men are boating while a young boy fishes from the shore. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Axtell House building, with a storefront next to it advertising "Clothing Hats Caps Sailors Outfits". A bridge is on the left and a man... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | View of Detroit with several boats and ships in (probably) the Detroit River. |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a... |
| Date: | 11 02 1889 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of a government snagboat removing obstructions from the channel of a western river. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A male grounds keeper is driving a horse-drawn mower down a path on a park or estate grounds. Another man is leaning against a slender tree. Both men are w... |
| Date: | 05 08 1894 |
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| Description: | A man transports nitroglycerin in a boat which has a red danger flag at the bow (unseen against the dark background). |
| Date: | 05 30 1894 |
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| Description: | A houseboat on the Ohio River. A man stands on the deck of the boat on the right. |
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