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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A man posing in the open doorway of Julius Schadauer's tobacco shop at 101 State Street. The sign above the doorway reads: "Schadauer of Cigars Fact. No 62... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | General office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company in the Mitchell Building in Milwaukee. Left to right: the individual seated in left ... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Half plate daguerreotype, with view across water of the Oshkosh, Wisconsin harbor showing the bridge over the Fox River. Moored on the opposite shore are t... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the west side of East Water Street. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | First electric street railway service in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Ellsworth Block on North Pinckney Street between East Washington and East Mifflin Streets as seen from the Capitol Park. Storefronts include the Dry Goods ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Caption: "Stage driven by William C. Alden stopping in front of Coon Valley store on the route between Viroqua to Muscoda and La Crosse. Alden drove the st... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | A view from the capitol looking west up State Street toward the University of Wisconsin-Madison with the Holy Redeemer Church, Holy Redeemer School, Red Gy... |
| Date: | 06 1877 |
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| Description: | The Guppey Guard, a Wisconsin state militia unit, in formation on a street in Portage. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Milton Junction. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | This map is a bird's-eye view of Wausau, the County Seat of Marathon County. The map features an index of points of interest. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of South Pinckney Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol, with East Washington Avenue to the left and Lake Monona on the distant right. The ... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View across Capitol Park lawn towards the corner of West Main and South Carroll Streets with businesses and horse-drawn wagons. The building at the corner ... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | View across road construction towards a horse-drawn trolley on railroad tracks on Racine Street. Men and children are standing near piles of road building ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Main Street, which crosses railroad tracks in the foreground. There are two signs in the foreground which say: "Look Out for the Cars" a... |
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