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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. Near a streetcar is the city's Civil War memorial, erected in 1898 by John Conway.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 09 1900
Description: View down Grand Avenue. A streetcar and a horse-drawn wagon are coming up the avenue. There are monuments in the median.
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Gettysburg Hero

Date: 1903
Description: Statue of John L. Burns, the elderly citizen-hero of the Battle of Gettysburg, who fought with the 7th Wisconsin on July 1, 1863 and was wounded. A veteran...
Postcard

Soldier's Monument

Date: 1909
Description: Color-enhanced black and white photographic postcard of the Soldier's Monument in honor of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War. Caption rea...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower near War Monuments

Date: 1900
Description: View over stone wall towards a man using a horse-drawn mower among various monuments and military cannons. The monument on the left is for "Rickett's Batte...
Postcard

Headstones

Date: 1908
Description: Rows of granite headstones and plinths arranged in front of buildings at the Montello quarry. A derrick is standing in the background on the left; there is...
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Iowa Monument

Date: 1907
Description: A man is sitting on a headstone near the Iowa monument at the Andersonville National Cemetery. He is holding an umbrella in his right hand, and his hat and...
Postcard

Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1909
Description: View looking up at the Soldiers' Monument, a single column with a statue of a soldier on the top. Caption reads: "Soldiers' Monument, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Court House and Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1909
Description: View toward the Soldiers' Monument with three statues on a pedestal, and the Court House behind it. A clock tower is to the right of the entrance behind tr...
Postcard

Court House and Veterans' Memorial

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard view of the Kauwaunee County Courthouse and adjoining veterans' memorial. The monument is flanked by cannons. Caption reads: "Court Hous...
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Losey Memorial, Oak Grove Cemetery

Date: 1902
Description: View of the Losey Memorial Arch in Oak Grove Cemetery. Caption reads: "Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1908
Description: The Soldiers' Monument, first erected in the United States to the memory of the Union Soldiers. In the center on a lawn is a tall marble column with Old Ab...
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Monument to Wisconsin's First Governor, Nelson Dewey

Date: 1907
Description: A monument to Nelson Dewey featuring a sculpture of him seated on a chair on top of a pedestal. He is holding a pen in his right hand. Caption reads: "Monu...
Photograph

Tower View

Date: 1900
Description: Three photographs taped together form a panoramic view from the top of the wooden tower built by George Brumder in 1892. The tower was built on Brumder's s...

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