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| Date: | 06 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of New Richmond after the tornado hit on June 12, 1899. Many people are gathered around the railroad tracks and a few others are seen among t... |
| Date: | 03 21 1881 |
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| Description: | Four women gather in the Diamond Grotto, a notable land form in the Wisconsin Dells. There is a rustic bridge in the foreground. |
| Date: | 03 21 1881 |
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| Description: | A man rows a small boat through Mouth Rood's Glen. Behind the boat a portable darkroom tent is set up. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of North Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Science Hall, Lake Mendota and the city of Madison on the isthmus are visible in... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three women and a young girl standing at the edge of a small cliff on the shores of Lake Mendota. Various shrubs and small trees grow on t... |
| Date: | 05 14 1899 |
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| Description: | Syl and aunt Helen standing on a small rustic wooden bridge in Gully Lake Park surrounded by trees and steep hills. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | View across the Tennessee River toward the city and Cameron Hill, showing the military bridge and some Union Army installations put up following the occupa... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of the side-wheel steamship "Thomas Powell," probably in southern waters. Industrial buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View of Alma across river from sandbar. A rowboat is on the sandbar, and on the right a father and child are standing posed each with one foot on a log. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman is holding an umbrella... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard of four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View of Alma from the Mississippi River, with wing dam on right. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Fort Sumter. A cannon has fallen on the steep shoreline and waves are hitting the rocks. Plate 58 |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Confederate defenses surrounding the city. A tripod style configuration of rifles with a bag and canteen hanging from it is in the foreground. Plate 43<... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | One of the Confederate defenses surrounding the city. This view is of the inside of the earthworks which includes two cannons. A Union soldier sits as a lo... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | View looking out from one of the Confederate defenses around the outside of the city. Wooden palisades surround the earthworks. Houses and other buildings ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | The south bank of the Chattahoochie River with a bridge spanning it. In the foreground are some battlements. Plate 33 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Broken trees in front of a field with a fence. There is a small building on a hill in the background. Plate 20 |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a Native American man and woman, both Ute Indians, on horseback. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of Menomonie. A group of people sit on a hill in the foreground overlooking the town. |
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