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Hagerstown Pike

Date: 1890
Description: Hagerstown Pike. A brick wall and trees are along the road on the right.
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First Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Council House (First Capitol)

Date: 1870
Description: Council House of the first Wisconsin Territorial Legislature when it met at Belmont in 1836. A young boy or man wearing a hat stands in front near a fence.
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Bascom Hill, UW Campus, Madison

Date: 1880
Description: Drawing of University Hall by D.C. Salisbury showing the view from the bottom, south side of the hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. Bascom Hall, ...
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Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1730

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Pettigrew's Brigade Supporting P...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1736

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: 1st Headquarters of General Geor...
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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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Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1765

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Confederate Fortifications in McFarland's Gap, painted in 1885. It was painted by Eugen Br...
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Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1750

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Historical Sycamore Tree, Orchard Knob in the Distance, painted in 1885. It was painted by...
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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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Aztalan Mound Park

Date: 1935
Description: View of the site when it was known as Aztalan Mound Park or Aztalan Mounds, near Lake Mills. There is a pavilion in the right background.
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Big Foot Village Marker

Date: 1935
Description: Close-up view of the Big Foot village marker erected by the Geneva Lake Historical Society. The plaque reads: "A village of Potawatomi Indians occupied the...
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Marker on the site of the Brown County Court House

Date: 1936
Description: Marker on the site of the first Brown County courthouse, the first courthouse in Wisconsin.
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Green Bay Residence

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of home and lawn on a summer day, with a forest in the background and a picket fence in the foreground. The house has a lookout on the roof.
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Memorial Tablet

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Fort Howard memorial tablet.
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Site of Old Helena Marker

Date: 1925
Description: View of a marker commemorating Old Helena.
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Battle Hollow

Date: 1898
Description: The site of the encounter between Black Hawk and his followers and General Henry.
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of First Territorial Legislature

Date: 1957
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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Pendarvis House

Date: 1935
Description: Cornish Pendarvis house on Shake Rag Street.
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Polperro House

Date: 1945
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was...

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