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| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Photographic print of a wood engraving of a schoolhouse and children in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch of the Great Fire In Peshtigo." |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Illustration of Chippewa and Sioux Indians battling each other at the Brule River. Wood engraving from Armstrong, "Early Life Among The Indians." |
| Date: | 1821 |
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| Description: | Engraving depicting the Schoolcraft expedition crossing the Ontonagon River to investigate a copper boulder. |
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| Description: | Illustration of an Indian (possibly Menominee) camp of sugar makers. |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Indians on horseback along river with Indian grave on hill in background. |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Travellers setting up camp along the Missouri River. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for J.F. Seiberling, manufacturer of agricultural equipment, featuring an engraving of boys marching under a benner of "Vic... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th... |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Engraving made after a watercolor painting by John White during the Barlowe Expedition in Virginia, 1585-1587. |
| Date: | 1784 |
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| Description: | Plate 41. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska. |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | "Transporting the Wounded". Wood engraving from a drawing by Seth Eastman, from the Aboriginal Portfolio by Mary H. Eastman, 1853. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A engraving of the artist's conception of Pawnees torturing a female captive in the Morning Star Sacrifice ceremony. |
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| Description: | "Death Whoop" an engraving after a drawing by Seth Eastman from the American Aboriginal Portfolio. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Grant County Soldier's Monument. A group of people are standing around the monument. A large building is in the background. Caption at... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 24 1863 |
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| Description: | Panoramic wood-engraving of a cattle fair in New Haven, after a sketch by H.C. Curtis. Caption reads: "Cattle Show and Agricultural Faib [sic] at Ha... |
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