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Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 1856
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol (the second State Capitol, the first in Madison). Illustration from the American Encyclopedia, Columbus, 1859.
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Fur Trading Post

Date: 1833
Description: Illustration of the Solomon Juneau fur trading post at Milwaukee in 1833.
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Indian Infant on Cradleboard

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Description: Illustration of an Indian baby on a cradleboard propped up between two Indian women.
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Madison Capital House

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
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Bird's-Eye View of New Glarus

Date: 1865
Description: Bird's-eye view of New Glarus.
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Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
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Cottage Drawing possibly drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Description: Pen and colored pencil drawing of a small cottage, possibly to be built at Taliesin. Included on the drawing is a floor plan of the cottage and a perspect...
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High School

Date: 1869
Description: View of the Berlin High School, with children playing and people walking in the foreground.
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Mormon House

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Description: View of the Mormon house.
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Strang or Mormon House in Burlington

Date: 1850
Description: Strang House, also called "Mormon House," where "King" Strang lived and died, and where he published the Voree Herald.
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Martin H. Meyer Birthplace

Date: 1870
Description: Martin H. Meyer's birthplace. Reproduced from a lead pencil sketch made in 1870.
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East Side Residence of A.A. Arnold

Date: 1877
Description: View of cattle, sheep, and pigs in a pasture on a farm. Two houses are in the distance, and a horse-drawn carriage is moving along the road on the left. Ca...
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American House

Date: 1860
Description: Engraving of the American House at 1 North Pinckney Street. It burned down in a fire in 1868.
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Cruelty of Iroquois

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Description: Illustration from Hennepin's "A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America". The illustration is titled "The Cruelty of The Savage Iroquois".
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Illustration of the DuCharme House

Date: 1890
Description: A drawing of the DuCharme/Grignon house and fur-trading post as it appeared shortly before being razed in about 1892.
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DuCharme House

Date: 1885
Description: The home and fur-trading post of Col. Dominique DuCharme. The portion of the structure on the left was built by DuCharme in 1791. The right portion was add...
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Front and State Streets

Date: 1842
Description: Drawing of Front and State Streets, showing the first houses in La Crosse.
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Lain Residence

Date: 1878
Description: View of the residence of Hon. Isaac Lain.
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Harvey Hospital

Date: 1865
Description: Harvey Hospital, or the Soldiers' Orphans Home. The main octagon section was the home of Governor Farwell, and the wing of wood was added in 1862 and used ...
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Octagon House

Date: 1885
Description: Drawing of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage in the foreground.

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