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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Historical Society's early library and painting collections on display in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This photograph was taken about 1880 befor... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Librarian Daniel S. Durrie seated in the two-story high gallery that the Historical Society occupied in the old South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol f... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The William McFarland family is gathered around a table covered with books, pine cones, glassware and flowers in front of their Exchange Street house in Mc... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | The right half of an albumen stereograph of the Dahl and Amundsen families in front of the Amundsen home in Lodi, Wisconsin. From left to right seated are ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The cover of a book entitled "Hero-Worship" written by John Bascom, with his autograph to Breese Stevens in the upper righthand corner. The autograph reads... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the First Public Library. It was located over Pondee Grocery Store on College Avenue. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Cover of a brochure in German for Wisconsin immigration. |
| Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding the publication of a book he was writing. |
| Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding publishing a book he was writing. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | The title page of the map book titled "Map of the Mississippi River from the Falls of St. Anthony to the Junction of the Illinois River." |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Stuffed Old Abe, the Wisconsin Civil War eagle, perched on an American flag with a copy of the New Testament propped in front. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Woman in a long dress wearing a glove and holding a book [?] in her hand posing before a painted backdrop. There is a small white dog seated on a fur rug a... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising pamphlet for Susan Frackelton's Tried by Fire. The ad features quotations from reviews and drawings of several medals won by... |
| Date: | 01 1882 |
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| Description: | Cover image of "Harper's Weekly" captioned "The Aesthetic Monkey" which depicts a monkey dressed in fine clothing, sitting at a table. He is resting his c... |
| Date: | 03 10 1888 |
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| Description: | Inscription from Reuben Gold Thwaites to The State Historical Society of Wisconsin in a copy of his book, Historic Waterways. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | First page of the Reuben Gold Thwaites' handwritten draft manuscript for his book Historic Waterways. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Map of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers to accompany Reuben Gold Thwaites' Historic Waterways. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Foldout chart illustrating all elected officials in the United States federal government from 1789 to 1881. The upper half of the chart shows the persons e... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Foldout chart illustrating the political parties of the United States, beginning with the colonial era. The explanation on the chart is as follows: The s... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Seven yarn samples from St. Paul Knitting Works, dated between April 7, 1888 and February 21, 1889, affixed to a page in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample bo... |
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