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Eau Claire Lumber Company

Date: 1880
Description: The Eau Claire Lumber Company, later the Cutter shoe factory. It was still standing in 1931.
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Opera House

Date: 1883
Description: View from intersection towards the Oshkosh Grand Opera House on a street corner. The building was started in 1882 and finished in the following year at a c...
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Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1885
Description: View from street of courthouse on street corner.
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Byron Kilbourn House

Date: 1887
Description: Northwest corner of Grand Avenue and 4th Street. Built in 1854 at a cost of $18,000. The storefronts were added in 1868; the building razed in 1886.
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Herold Team of the Milwaukee Turners

Date: 09 21 1886
Description: Twenty-seven young men and George Brosius posing outdoors with sporting equipment. The young men are dressed in short sleeved shirts and pants (possibly an...
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The Park Hotel

Date: 1880
Description: An exterior view of the Park Hotel, at the corner of Main and Carroll Streets. Children and adults are standing on the street corner on the left. A large g...
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Lucius Fairchild Home

Date: 1880
Description: View across lawn of the residence of Lucius Fairchild, in Madison. A woman is standing outdoors near the entrance. A fence surrounds the yard of the house,...
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The Electric Light in Madison Square, New York

Date: 01 14 1882
Description: A drawing showing Madison Square at night, lit by electric lighting at the top of a mast. Men and women are strolling on the sidewalks and walking on the s...

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