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Cemetery View

Date: 1890
Description: People in a cemetery. Includes a view of the Scofield family monument.
Photograph

Crowd around Public Receiving Tomb

Date: 05 1895
Description: Albumen print of spectators standing and seated around the public receiving tomb in Oakridge Cemetery where Abraham Lincoln's body was placed after his fun...
Photograph

Little Norway Church

Date: 1890
Description: Little Norway Church, with graveyard, located south of Black River Falls.
Photograph

German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1890
Description: German Methodist Episcopal Church with a cemetery. The congregation was organized in 1859 and the church was put up in the early 1860's. The church is no l...
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
Photograph

Fort Crawford Military Cemetery

Date: 1895
Description: Fort Crawford Military Cemetery. Photograph made before restoration by the United States Government. Soldiers' families were also buried in the cemetery.
Photograph

Fort Crawford Military Cemetery

Date: 1895
Description: Fort Crawford Military Cemetery, as seen before it was restored by the United States Government. Two people are standing in the center near the tombs.
Photograph

Zwingli Reformed Church

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of Zwingli Reformed Church and cemetery.
Photograph

Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery

Date: 1898
Description: View through the closed gate, which has a sign that reads: Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery. Overgrown plants surround the gate, and trees surround a monument j...
Photograph

Confederate Rest Cemetery

Date: 1898
Description: "Confederate Rest" in Forest Hill Cemetery where Confederate prisoners of war who died at Camp Randall are buried. In this early photograph, there is a woo...
Photograph

Garden of Joseph of Arimathea and Tomb #1713

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and the tomb where Jesus is believed to be the buried. A Ro...
Map or Atlas

Map of Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: A hand-colored Map of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, shows township and section divisions, towns, villages and post offices, rural residents, railroads, road...
Map or Atlas

Map of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: This 1896 map of Racine and Kenosha counties, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities, villages and post offices, roads, rail...
Map or Atlas

Map of Walworth County Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: This late 19th century map of Walworth County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, villages and post offices, roads, railroads, ...
Map or Atlas

Dodge County, Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: This 1899 map of Dodge County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, post offices, cemeteri...
Photograph

Group of People in a Cemetery

Date: 1890
Description: Large group, posed at a distance, in a cemetery, probably in Hixton or Schlecterville.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1891
Description: This map of La Crosse shows eighteen city wards in red, railroads, cemeteries, fair grounds, labeled streets, islands, and the Mississippi River. The left ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1893
Description: This map of La Crosse shows city ward boundaries in red, streets, railroads, cemeteries, Grand station crossing, the road to French Island, depots, Lake Pa...
Map or Atlas

City of Whitewater [Wisconsin]

Date: 1890
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, landownership, city wards, buildings, streets, railroads, parks, cemeteries, churches, schools, and in...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1891
Description: This hand-colored map shows platted additions and subdivisions, ward boundaries, schools, churches, railroads, cemeteries, parks, businesses, factories, an...

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