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| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Cutaway view of the building that housed the first electrical station created to distribute incandescent light electricity. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | A man shows off an incandescent lamp switchboard with bamboo filiament, lamp receptacle with wooden base, current and pressure indicators and controlling d... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over both channels of the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, and McGregor, Iowa. East draw, 39... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Wisconsin Central Railway's Waukesha back shop. The elevated view is from the office of the superintendent. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Envelope compares a young man of the North, on the left, to a young man of the South, on the right. The young Northern man is working with an older man on ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man adding ingredients from a barrel to a boiling vat of beer. |
| Date: | 1827 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing of a rig designed by Mr. Orange Dibble for removing rocks and other large debris from deep canal cuts. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Letterhead from the office of J. Vandervort, Practicle Apiarist and Manufacturer of Comb Foundation Machines. Laceyville, PA., July 28 1884. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Page from Eclipse Wind Engine Co. [Beloit, Wisconsin] catalog featuring an illustration of an Eclipse Wind Engine installed in a barn. A cut-away view show... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | A striking machine used to train boxers. The dial displayed the force used when the pad was punched by a boxer. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over both channels of the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien and McGregor, Iowa. The East Draw ... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Engraved drawing of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, the Lady Franklin operating on a frozen river. Male passengers and crew members are standing on t... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view across a river toward a large building with Greenwood Mills written on the side. The mill is reflected in the river in the foregroun... |
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