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Antietam, Dunker Church

Date: 1890
Description: Site of the Battle to Antietam, The Dunker Church. A group of men stand among trees on the left. Horse-drawn carriages are under trees on the right.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a ma...
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Fire Company Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: Madison fire fighters with a hose wagon near the intersection of Webster Street and East Washington Avenue.
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The New Synagogue in Ward II

Date: 1858
Description: A view of the Synagogue with a one-horse carriage in the foreground. Hölzlhuber occupied the position of organist and choirmaster for this congregation unt...
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German Methodist Church

Date: 1894
Description: View of the German Methodist Church with George Bowers, a milkman, standing in the foreground.
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Church of Christ, Scientist

Date: 1890
Description: Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1886, the first Christian Scientist church outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and the first building erected in Americ...
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Grove Street Businesses

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Description: Looking south on S. 5th Street from W. National Avenue. The church steeples in the background are St. Stephen's Lutheran (left), and St. Stanislaus Catholi...
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McCormick Grain Binder in Field near Church

Date: 1900
Description: Field of grain and a McCormick horse-drawn binder in a field near a church. There are no horses attached to the binder. A person on a horse-drawn buggy is ...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Women in Wagon

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Description: Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women in a wagon pulled by a two-horse team. They are probably about to cross the bridge toward the Mission at the intersecti...
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North First Street Livery

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Description: Jacob Jossi building with man sitting on horse-drawn wagon in open doorway. A buggy is parked in front of G.W. Evans Livery. The steeple of a church buildi...
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People in a Buggy

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Description: Two men and a woman ride in a horse-drawn carriage across a field. They have blankets over their laps. A town is visible in the far background.
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Ruins of Pecos Church

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Description: Two men, and three horses pulling a cart are in front of the ruins of Pecos Church. Caption reads: "Ruins of Pecos Church, near Pecos, New Mexico. Between ...
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Church Street

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Description: A view of Church Street. Trees line both sides of the street, with telephone and/or electricity poles. The trees obscure the buildings to the left, and two...
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Yellowstone Church

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Description: A depiction of the Yellowstone Church of rural Lafayette County, just a few miles from the Kammerude farm. The church is built from locally quarried limest...
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Coffin Cart

Date: 1946
Description: A coffin cart photographed by Sigurd Olson while traveling, probably in Germany, shortly after the end of the World War II.
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St. Peter and St. Paul Church

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Description: View down street toward the church, which is on the left corner with a fence surrounding the property. The structure is brick with stone detailing and has ...
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Dentist Office and Church

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of a dentist office and Baptist Church along a road. Two horse-drawn carriages are being driven in opposite directions on the road.
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Ruins in Charleston, S.C.

Date: 1865
Description: The ruins of Charleston after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War. A man, smoking a pipe, and a boy sit on the shoreline of...
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Street Scene

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Description: Group of men and children standing in the middle of the unpaved street. On the left are storefronts, and in the far distance is a church and tree-lined rid...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down road of horses, wagons and buggies parked in front of buildings. Three men stand near a hotel on the right. A church building is in the backgroun...

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