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Harold Haroldsen Stugaard and Wife Berit Syverud's Farm

Date: 1876
Description: A field is in the foreground and further back is a log building, barn and house with people in the front yard. Mr. Harold Haroldsen Stugaard died in 1875 ...
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Family by First Home

Date: 1875
Description: Unidentified family. A group of seven people are sitting at a table, and another group of people is sitting together on the left. Tall grasses and plants s...
Photograph

Andreas Dahl's Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Andrew Dahl's wagon is on the side of a two-story log house in Blue Mounds. On one side of the wagon cover is "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." On the ba...
Painting

The Fur-Trader's House on Yellow Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: This house was located among the Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians. Here Hölzlhuber and his companions took shelter in an uncomfortable stable one night, after an ...
Painting

Joe Barry's Farm, A Day's Journey to the South of Odanah

Date: 1858
Description: Beginning at Odanah just south of Lake Superior, Hölzlhuber and several fur trappers used an Indian trail to travel upstream through extensive wild forest....
Print

Grignon Block House

Date: 1850
Description: The Grignon block house, "where the first Mass was said."
Photograph

Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Cabin

Date: 1898
Description: A cabin (possibly of Bug-u-ma-ge-sik), located near the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
Photograph

Last Log Schoolhouse

Date: 1897
Description: Exterior view of the last log schoolhouse in Weston with students and their teacher posing outside.
Photograph

Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin

Date: 1885
Description: Eleazer William's log cabin, five miles south of De Pere, overlooking the rapids of the Little Bakalin on the Fox River.
Drawing

Front and State Streets

Date: 1842
Description: Drawing of Front and State Streets, showing the first houses in La Crosse.
Photograph

Len Thomas' Log Cabin

Date: 1893
Description: The log cabin of Len Thomas. People are standing near the doorway.
Photograph

Castleman House

Date: 1895
Description: The former Castleman log house and hotel, possibly 45 years after it was built. In the foreground are wooden wagons and wagon parts.

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Photograph

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown.
Painting

View of St. Nazianz

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of the Roman Catholic community of St. Nazianz.
Photograph

Family on Porch

Date: 1897
Description: A man, three women and two young girls posing on the porch of a whitewashed log house. The man is wearing a suit and straw boater hat, the women are wearin...
Drawing

Astor Building

Date: 1830
Description: Drawing of the Astor building. Caption reads: "Astor Building in 1830 Main Village Lot Prairie•du•Chien".
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...
Painting

Farm Painting

Date: 1885
Description: Painting of Paul Seifert farm showing rock formations in background and farm buildings nearby.
Print

Republican Convention Ticket

Date: 1896
Description: Guest ticket for the Republican National Convention held in St. Louis. The ticket shows the celebrated Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, and the log cab...
Photograph

Log Cabin used in Presidential Campaign

Date: 1888
Description: Log cabin on trailer pulled by two horses used in the presidential campaign in Wisconsin to promote the candidacy of Benjamin Harrison.

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