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Peshtigo Fire

Date: 11 25 1871
Description: Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak...
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Champion Harvester and Binder

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising handbill for the Champion harvester and binder. Includes the text: "the Champion light binder, is the only simple, light, durable, efficient wo...
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Hughlett's Smelting Furnace

Date: 05 1866
Description: Engraved exterior view of a smelting furnace with a small group of men with horses gathered in front.
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Lead-Mining Furnace

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved exterior view of a lead mining furnace. A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon at the left of the building.
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Heroes of the Civil War

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Description: "Heroes of the Civil War". Engraving of eight Union leaders with decorative battlefield scenes.
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Tejon Indians

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Description: Engraving of Tejon Indians in an encampment.
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Cottage Inn

Date: 1835
Description: Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a...
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
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Ferry Street

Date: 1856
Description: View from bridge on river. Storefronts and homes line the road that stretches to the horizon.
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Institute for Deaf and Dumb

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Description: Engraving of Wisconsin Institute for Deaf and Dumb. A man in a horse-drawn carriage and another rider on horseback travel along the street in the foregroun...
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Connecticut Hall of Yale University

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Description: Engraving of Connecticut Hall, Yale's first permanent building, completed in 1752. The engraving shows a front view of the original Yale building, and a fe...
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Chas. Fresse Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Chas. Fresse of Ellsworth, Wisconsin, a dealer in harnesses, saddles, and other equestrian equipment, printed in dark blue ink, with an image...
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J. Ullman & Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of J. Ullman & Co. of Appleton, Wisconsin, dealers in horses, mules, and cattle, with center text, a rear view of work horses harnessed to a pulli...
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Acme Insecticides Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Acme White Lead & Color Works of Detroit, Michigan, which as part of its business produced insecticides for farm and home garden applicat...
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Plymouth Fox & Fur Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Plymouth Fox & Fur Company of Plymouth, Wisconsin, breeders of silver black foxes, with a halftone image of a fox.
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Webster Bros. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Webster Bros. of Danville, Wisconsin, breeders of short horn cattle and Spanish Merino sheep, with text and a stock image of a cow printed in...
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A.M. Reynolds Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of A.M. Reynolds of Delton, Wisconsin, a blacksmithing and automobile repairing business, with Neverslip slogans and an image of a horse's head ...
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Vernon Valley Farm Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Vernon Valley Farm, a breeder of Percheron and coach horses, shorthorn cattle, Berkshire hogs, Bronze turkeys, and Wyandotte chickens from Mt...
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Badger State Tobacco Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Badger State Tobacco Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the building, men working on boats moored near the water...
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Milwaukee Willow Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Willow Works, a manufacturer of children's carriages, willow ware, and toys, with a three-quarter view of the company building,...

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