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Town from Across a River

Date: 1870
Description: View from shoreline over river towards the town.
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Wisconsin Central Freight Cars

Date: 05 05 1897
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc.
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Aerial View of Town along Mississippi River

Date: 1875
Description: Aerial view of Alma along Mississippi River, with bluffs along the horizon.
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of multiple buildings in Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill. Many roads and fences cross the fields. Wooded hills are in the background. ...
Photograph

Rural Lane in Downsville

Date: 1897
Description: View down dirt road, with a few homes on each side of the lane.
Photograph

Octagonal Structure

Date: 1897
Description: One-story octagonal building with a chimney and windows in a rural area.
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Courthouse Rock Viroqua, Wisconsin

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of Courthouse Rock.
Print

Hillside Calendar April

Date: 1895
Description: Page showing the month of April from the Hillside Home School calendar. Included are two small cyanotype photographs, one of a house and the other of a fie...
Photograph

Oil City

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view from hill towards farm fields and houses. Tree-covered hills are in the distance.
Photograph

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1837
Description: Photographic print of an amateur painting, probably representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The Peck Cabin, one of the many free variations o...
Drawing

Evergreen Shelter Belts and Ornamental Hedges

Date: 1878
Description: Engraved view of a house surrounded by gardens, an evergreen shelter belt and ornamental hedges.
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest Party

Date: 1885
Description: Large group of cranberry harvesters posing with implements. Many of the individuals are wearing boutonnières and corsages made from cranberry sprigs. Many ...
Photograph

Cranberry Convention at Bennett Marsh

Date: 08 1893
Description: Group portrait of those who attended the 6th annual Cranberry Convention at Bennett Marsh.
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Pond at Bracken Brae, Country Home of John Johnston

Date: 1888
Description: Several adults, two children and a dog enjoying a pond at Bracken Brae, the country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. Hilda...
Photograph

Hauling Pipe on a Rutted Dirt Road

Date: 1898
Description: Rear view of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon filled with pipe on a muddy, rutted dirt road. A split-rail fence can be seen on both sides of the road and ...
Photograph

Rutted Dirt Road

Date: 1898
Description: Cabinet card of a deeply rutted dirt road, which leads to buildings in the background. Fences are visible on both sides. This image was entered in a 1898 c...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Wagon Mired in Mud

Date: 1898
Description: Two men sit in a wagon pulled by four horses, which is stuck in the mud. Farm buildings are on the left and a farmhouse is on the right. This image was ent...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Buggy on Rutted Dirt Road

Date: 1898
Description: A man sits in a horse-drawn buggy while another man appears to be digging dirt out from under a front wheel. Fences and a gate are on the left. This image ...
Photograph

Reclaimed Marsh Land on a University of Wisconsin Farm

Date: 06 30 1895
Description: A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun...
Photograph

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837."

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