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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Locomotive

Date: 1875
Description: Locomotive No. 75. Class H. Built 1850 by Schnectady Locomotive Works. Men are posed on and around the locomotive.
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People by House with False Storefront

Date: 1872
Description: People standing in front of a house with a false storefront. A man is standing on the porch by a hand-pump. There is a woodpile in the yard behind a woman ...
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Everetta and Cary Bass

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass, the photographer's daughter, helping her brother Cary put on a silk top hat. She is holding a doll and they are standing outside near a fire...
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Man in Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 1892
Description: Man in a striped suit seated in a cart and holding the reins of a horse. Woodpiles are visible along a nearby wall and fence line.
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Libby Prison - Anaglyph

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Onion Fields of John Hass

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Chas B. Howe standing in his garden, holding cabbages, beets, onions, and turnips. The garden is located on the farm of John Hass, with 1.5 acres of onions...
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Farm Home of August Krueger

Date: 09 05 1895
Description: View across road of the log buildings and farm home of August Krueger. Two women and three men stand near the fence along the road. One of the men holds a ...
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Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...
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Field of Potatoes on the Farm of Oswald Scheller

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: A promotional card depicting Oswald Scheller and his family on their farm in northern Wisconsin.

The caption below the image reads: "Field of potatoes on...

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Schooner Hauling Lumber

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of a deck of a schooner hauling lumber. Several workmen are loading or unloading the lumber. Industrial buildings, some displaying signs, are...
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William Leonard Burnap Carrying Wood

Date: 1899
Description: Standing on the steps of Island Lodge, William Leonard Burnap is carrying newly split wood. Jeannette Holt is standing inside the screened-in porch on the ...

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