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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
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Administration Building, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; Administration Building in Jackson Park, viewed from 64th Street; foreground: a crowd of men gathered near Pass Gate.
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Milwaukee Public Museum

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Description: View of natural history objects at Milwaukee Public Museum, including skeletons, stuffed birds and fish. There are two cuspidors on the floor in front of e...
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Public Museum Natural History Exhibit

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Description: Interior view of Public Museum. Focuses on display area in center of room that contains skeletal remains and tortoise shells.
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Old Abe and Historical Society Museum

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Description: The Civil War Room of the Historical Society Museum photographed sometime after 1900 when the society moved from third Wisconsin State Capitol to its new b...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1723

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: General Gibbon's Brigade Repelli...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1725

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Stannard's Vermont Brigade Attac...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1726

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Death of Confederate General Arm...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1727

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Repelling Pickett's Charge on Ri...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1728

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Confederate Prisoners and Explos...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1734

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Woodruff's Battery, Culps Hill i...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1735

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Field Hospital on the Right of C...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1737

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Wheelers Battery Coming into Act...
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Men on a Riverbank

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view of the Merrimac and Monitor Naval Battle cyclorama, painted by Théophile Poilpot. Men are standing on a riverbank in the foreground, and a...
Poster

Deering Columbian Exposition Advertising Poster

Date: 1893
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustration of a crowd gathered around a Deering grain binder and mower at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Print

Panoramic View of International Exhibition, Cromwell Road View

Date: 1862
Description: Color lithograph of International Exhibition building, originated by the Society of Arts, at the suggestion of Henry Cole. View of the front of the buildin...
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McCormick End of the Century Catalog Cover, French Edition

Date: 1900
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration of the French edition of a McCormick catalog, showing a man driving a McCormick reaper through a parade at the 1900 Wor...
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Emerson Elementary School Science Room

Date: 04 13 1948
Description: Fourth grade students at Emerson Elementary School, 2421 East Johnson Street, shown examining stuffed birds in the school's science room. Left to right: Da...
Poster

Sterling Hall Open House

Date: 02 06 1971
Description: Poster announcing a Sterling Hall Open House on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Held from 9:30-5:30, the event included exhibits, demonstration...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype view of Cairo Street on the midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. An Egyptian with a large drum rides a camel as men and boys watch. The ...

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