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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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Drawing of Cassville

Date: 1829
Description: Drawing of Cassville depicting a horse cart on the river's edge, with men and boats.
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Radisson Cabin

Date: 1655
Description: Front view of the Radisson cabin, the first house built by a white man in Wisconsin. It was built between 1650 and 1660 on Chequamegon Bay, in the vicinity...
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Mormon House

Date: 
Description: View of the Mormon house.
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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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W.H. Conger Residence

Date: 1873
Description: View of a farmstead with multiple pine trees. A road is in foreground with a carriage driven by two horses, and a man in the carriage. A dog runs in front ...
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B.B. Davis Residence

Date: 1873
Description: View of an estate covered with various plants and trees. Two people stand on a sidewalk in front of the distant estate, looking towards it. Two horses dra...
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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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Wilkins 09: Bottom Lands in Missouri

Date: 05 1849
Description: The bottom lands and a farm in Missouri; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Or...
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Springfield — Fremont's Army in Possession

Date: 1861
Description: "View of Springfield, MO. Frmonts [sic] Army in Possesion [sic]." Several people and a horse are in the foreground, and city buildings are in...
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Iowa Falls

Date: 1866
Description: An image from a sketchbook of the town of Iowa Falls. There is a fence in the foreground and buildings in the background.
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Home of Notorious Rebel — E.L. Newsome

Date: 
Description: Home of Notorious Rebel — E.L. Newsome (located in New Madrid, Missouri). There is a farmstead with a man and woman in the foreground, a fence in the middl...
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Almon Jewell Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Detail from atlas of the home of Almon Jewell who settled in 1845.
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Z. Short Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Detail from atlas of the home of Z. Short who settled in 1842.
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Levi Jackson Residence

Date: 1873
Description: The home of Levi Jackson, who settled in 1842.
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Charles Wales Residence

Date: 1873
Description: The home of Charles Wales, who settled in 1845.
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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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Pendarvis House

Date: 1935
Description: Cornish Pendarvis house on Shake Rag Street.
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Kendall Residence

Date: 1872
Description: Drawing of and elevated view across water towards the Kendall residence, home of George L. Storer, a businessman in Madison. Three people are in a rowboat,...
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Pencil Sketch of Jacob Miller House

Date: 1858
Description: Pencil sketch of the Jacob Miller home.

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