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Peshtigo Schoolhouse

Date: 1871
Description: Photographic print of a wood engraving of a schoolhouse and children in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch of the Great Fire In Peshtigo."
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McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1890
Description: Lithograph illustration for the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a gentleman sitting in a Victorian parlor pointing to...
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McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1891
Description: Back cover illustration of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows children and adults, some of them circus performers, inside a large tent...
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General Ulysses S. Grant and Family

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Description: Engraving from a photograph of Ulysses S. Grant with his family.
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Iceboating at Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 03 09 1878
Description: Illustration by N.A. Greenback of ice-skaters and iceboats featuring the new Poughkeepsie design of pivoting runners. A key at the bottom of the image iden...
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Sylvia and Rachel Hall Captured by Indians

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Description: Drawing depicting the capture of Sylvia and Rachel Hall by Indians near Ottawa, Illinois during the Indian Creek Massacre, 1832. They were later released a...
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Bird's-Eye View of Janesville

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building.
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Sacrifice of First-born Children

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) while on the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564.
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Emmanual Dannan Memorial

Date: 1855
Description: Lithograph showing the projected plan for the memorial. Monument is on top of a hill, looking out over the city, with a fenced off park area. Seven people ...
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Operating Your Tractor, Tractor Safety Cartoon

Date: 1958
Description: Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon depicts a man riding a tractor (with a "no riders" sign) with one hand on the tracto...
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Heritage

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Description: Man working a horse-pulled plow, with a young boy walking at his side.
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Notre Dame Convent

Date: 1871
Description: The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse.
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Teachers' Seminary

Date: 1867
Description: 1868-1875. Founded by Dr. Joseph Salzman (featured in the vignette at left, teaching). Vignette, lower left, features St. Francis Seminary, founded in 1856...
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Sister's House

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Description: Caption reads: "Sisters' House, Academy and Orphanage Van Buren St." Three trees stand in front of the building. A woman is in front left of center, and tw...
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La Belle House

Date: 1867
Description: A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta...
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Family Around Christmas Tree

Date: 1850
Description: An engraving depicting a formally dressed family gathered around a Christmas tree, which is lit with candles.
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Railroad Mail Delivery

Date: 1876
Description: Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children...
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Ulysses S. Grant and Family

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family.
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Ulysses S. Grant and Family

Date: 1866
Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family.
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Coliseum for the Grand National Peace Jubilee

Date: 1869
Description: A lithograph of the Coliseum for the Grand National Peace Jubilee in Boston, Massachusetts on June 15-19.

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