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Braddock's Defeat

Date: 1903
Description: An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o...
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
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Four Men and a Shot Gun

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Description: One man armed with a shotgun, facing a man in the doorway of a log house, and surrounded by four other men standing in the snow, also a horse and sleigh.
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Horse Pulling Wagon Through Field

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Description: A man with a shotgun and whip sits in a buggy pulled by a single horse in a field, possibly looking for prairie chickens.
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Matthias Stein Residence

Date: 1884
Description: Subheading states the center building to be the oldest house in Milwaukee, and built by Matthias Stein in January 1838. The home is only two stories tall,...
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Men Talking at Bridge

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Description: Two men standing on a wooden bridge holding rifles, with a horse-drawn carriage in the background.
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Hunters Standing in Wagon

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Description: Three hunters stand with their guns and dogs in a wagon pulled by a team of two horses.
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Hunters Standing Near Wagon with Catch

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Description: A hunter stands near a wagon pulled by two horses holding a catch of squirrels. Two women, two young boys, and another man are standing in the wagon behind...
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Blacksmith and Wagon Shop

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Description: View across street towards six men posing, with four of the men wearing aprons and work clothes, and two men in suits holding guns. Beside them on the left...
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Men and Wagon

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Description: Group of people posing with a wagon from which several dead prairie-chickens are hanging. One man is sitting in the wagon with a dog. Seven men are standin...
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Market Place and Russian Troops

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of Russian soldiers are assembled and appear to be drilling within the center of a Russian town. Civilians stand off to the side observing th...
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Hunters and Their Deer

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Description: Group portrait of a dozen men posing sitting and kneeling while holding rifles in front of thirteen deer strung up across First Street. They are in front o...
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Men Along a Roadside

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Description: View towards a group of men near a horse-drawn wagon. One man is kneeling and holding a gun and dog. Behind him six men are posing standing near a wagon. ...
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Turkish Soldier

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Description: Turkish soldier in front of a carriage.
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Holzhay's Station

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Description: Stereograph of two Menomonee Indian family groups in horse-drawn wagons. One boy is standing next to a wagon and a man is standing on the right holding a g...

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