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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for harvesting machinery made by the Plano Manufacturing Company. Features a color illustration of a woman on a stage crown...
Photograph

Capitol Park and Circus Parade

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of a man leading a circus elephant on Main Street. On the opposite side of the street is a crowd watching from behind the iron fence on the C...
Photograph

Crowded Pier and Steamboat

Date: 1878
Description: View from shoreline of a large crowd on a pier waiting for a crowded steam excursion boat.
Photograph

View of the Ministers Present

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: "View of the ministers present" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." The congregation of t...
Photograph

Wedding at Norway Grove Lutheran Church

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of wedding party outdoors on the lawn at the Norway Grove Lutheran Church. Horses and carriages are in the background.
Print

Old Abe Displayed to Crowd

Date: 10 14 1861
Description: Engraving of Old Abe, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Voluntary Infantry, displayed for a crowd. The eagle bearer holds Old Abe's staff perch while t...
Print

Civil War Regiment

Date: 1862
Description: Birds-eye view of a Wisconsin Civil War regiment on parade in Fond du Lac, as drawn by Louis Kurz from the Marr Street Methodist Church. The regiment canno...
Photograph

Picnickers in Pavilion

Date: 1890
Description: Pavilion with posed group of picnickers on one of the Apostle Islands.
Photograph

Fair Midway

Date: 1894
Description: People strolling on the midway and stopping to observe the booths and displays. In the background is a large building with flags.
Magazine or Periodical

The Democratic Convention at Cincinnati

Date: 07 10 1880
Description: Large crowd of people in ter hall for the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati.
Photograph

Parade on Main Street

Date: 1899
Description: View of a marching band parading beneath a decorated arch on Main Street. Onlookers line both sides of the street. American flags are flying over the road ...
Photograph

First Wisconsin Calvary Veterans

Date: 06 10 1880
Description: Elevated group portrait of the veterans of the First Wisconsin Calvary. They are standing in rows in the street. Horses with wagons are behind them, and a ...
Photograph

World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A view of the World's Columbian Exposition mounted on a cardboard album page, looking east from the Transportation Building. On the right are the Mines Bui...
Photograph

"McCormick Day" in Owatonna

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd gathered on a dirt road in front of a strip of commercial buildings to celebrate the arrival of a McCormick agricultural equ...
Photograph

Wedding at Norway Grove Lutheran Church - Anaglyph

Date: 1873
Description: Wedding party at the Norway Grove Lutheran Church. Horses and carriages can be seen in the background.
Photograph

Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl...
Photograph

Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe...
Photograph

Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered to watch elephants parade down Main Street. Probably the Ringling Brothers Circus.
Drawing

Republican National Convention

Date: 06 1880
Description: Illustration of the Interstate Exposition Building,the site of the Republican National Convention.

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