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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) without Dome

Date: 1868
Description: View from unpaved Wisconsin Avenue looking east toward the third Wisconsin State Capitol sometime prior to the completion of the dome (1869). The portion o...
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Madison Capitol View Looking South

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph of view from the Capitol looking southwest by south. In the foreground are the Capitol Park, the First Baptist Church on Carroll Street; and be...
Map or Atlas

Appleton Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Appleton, Outagamie Co., depicting street names and street layout, houses, the Fox River, the court house, jail, school houses, Lawren...
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View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward the Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 1861
Description: View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus looking up State Street toward the second Wisconsin State Ca...
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View from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) toward Lake Mendota

Date: 1861
Description: View of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. North Hall is in the foreground with several residences and...
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Panoramic from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) of Madison

Date: 11 11 1861
Description: Panoramic view of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin campus. North Hall and South Hall are in the foreground. Lake Men...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., depicting street names and street layout, houses, rivers, lakes, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of th...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Boscobel

Date: 1869
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Boscobel, Grant County, depicts street names and street layouts, houses, rivers and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map sh...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Columbus

Date: 1868
Description: This 1868 birds-eye view depicts the buildings, streets, railroad, vegetation and topography of Columbus, Wisconsin. The high school, cemetery, railroad de...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Fond du Lac

Date: 1867
Description: Birds eye drawing of Fond du Lac depicts street names and street layouts, houses, buildings, trees, and the Fond du Lac River. A reference key at the botto...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Map of Green Bay and Fort Howard

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of Green Bay and Fort Howard, Brown Co., depicts street names and street layouts, houses, trees, and the East River. A reference key at the ...
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Madison, the Capitol of Wisconsin

Date: 1864
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison, with 12 vignettes and in the center is "The Capitol of Wisconsin View from the Capitol House". The buildings on the top are, fr...
Map or Atlas

Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of New Glarus.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Building and Environs

Date: 1862
Description: John S. Fuller took this image of the third Wisconsin State Capitol (the second in Madison), from Governor Farwell's Octagon House, probably early in 1862....
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State Street Looking Toward Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1861
Description: View up State Street looking toward the Wisconsin State Capitol from the roof of University Hall (later Bascom Hall), about 1860 or 1861. Actually the pho...
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Luther Valley Church

Date: 1869
Description: Interior view of church from the rear towards the altar, probably Luther Valley Church, originally built in 1863. A steeple was added in the 1870s. The alt...
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Crowd around Brick Church

Date: 1869
Description: View down road towards the exterior of a large brick church with a stone foundation, belfry and steeple. A group of people stand in front of the white boar...
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Methodist Church

Date: 1860
Description: Stereograph of a Methodist Church with a lawn, trees and a fence.
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Aztalan Church

Date: 1860
Description: Exterior view of Aztalan church, built in 1852.
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Congregational Church

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of the Congregational church and surrounding buildings.

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