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Military Band at Lookout Mountain

Date: 1864
Description: Albumen stereograph of the Union Army brass band posed and playing atop Lookout Point. The Tennessee River is in the background.
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View of the Butte des Morts Treaty Ground, with the arrival of the Commissioners Gov. Lewis Cass and Col. McKenny

Date: 1835
Description: Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (...
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Wisconsin Volunteers, Lookout Mountain

Date: 04 20 1864
Description: Company D, Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Top row (left to right): John Buboltz, Spencer Orlup, J. Henry Otto, Lyman C. Wait, Andrew Jackson, W...
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Farm of Alex Smith

Date: 1875
Description: View from a distance of a farm in a valley owned by Alex(ander?) Smith. There is a wooden fence in the foreground surrounding the farm.
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Wedding Reception

Date: 1890
Description: People attending a wedding reception, posing outdoors. They are standing in front of a modern house that has a log cabin attached to the back. In the backg...
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Encampment of the Piekann Indians

Date: 1832
Description: Encampment of the Piekann Indians.
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Individuals on Stand Rock

Date: 1880
Description: Four unidentified individuals on Stand Rock.
Map or Atlas

Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of New Glarus.
Print

Buffalo Hunt, Chase

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 6).

"In this Plate, representing a numerous group in motion, and closely pursued by a party of Indians, wit...

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Buffalo Hunt, Chase

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on foot and horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 7).

"The buffalo is a harmless and timid animal until severely wounded, or closely pursued, when i...

Poster

Buffalo Hunt, Approaching in a Ravine

Date: 1844
Description: Hunters using rifles to kill buffalo (Plate 11).

"This plate represents the familiar mode of procuring meat, practiced by all the voyageurs on the Missou...

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Buffalo Hunt, On Snow Shoes

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on snowshoes hunting buffaloes immobilized by snow (Plate 15).

"In this plate is illustrated the mode alluded to in the preceding page, of the In...

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Dying Buffalo Bull, in Snow Drift

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on snowshoes hunting buffaloes trapped in snow (Plate 17).

"In this view the reader is introduced to the optimum of dreariness and severity which...

Photograph

Observatory Hill

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of Observatory Hill, Observatory Hall, the Agriculture Campus and Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus.
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Home on Observatory Hill

Date: 1899
Description: View of home atop of Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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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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Leinenkugel Brewery

Date: 1895
Description: Buildings and grounds of the Leinenkugel Brewery. There are beer wagons in the yard, chickens along a wooden walkway, and men on a horse-drawn wagon near a...
Photograph

I.G. Brader's Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View of a farmstead with fences, haystacks and a wooden building. A man is in the background on top of McCord Rock, also called Devil's Chimney, Preacher'...
Photograph

McCord Rock, Devil's Rock, Donald's Rock, Preacher's Cap

Date: 1876
Description: View of a farmstead with fences, haystacks and a wooden outbuilding. Two men are posing on top of McCord Rock, one of them saluting with his hat. Another ...
Drawing

Drawing of Cassville

Date: 1829
Description: Drawing of Cassville depicting a horse cart on the river's edge, with men and boats.

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