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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | North Hall. Caption reads: "Academy North Hall". |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View from the cupola of the old Jefferson School. The large building in the upper left is the Hyatt House, which burned in 1867. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of the Waukesha Woolen Mills buildings. Caption reads: "The picture above shows the Waukesha Woolen Mills buildings as they looked around 1880. At lef... |
| Date: | 04 12 1896 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a burning Central House engulfed in smoke, with a crowd of spectators gathered to watch. Text on side reads: "The Old Central House April ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Page showing the month of April from the Hillside Home School calendar. Included are two small cyanotype photographs, one of a house and the other of a fie... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The front (left) and back (right) of a promotional card advertising farming land in northern Wisconsin. The caption below the image reads: "A typical cou... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A card depicting two men posed near a stringer holding the many fish they caught. The caption reads, "Result of a day's fishing on Elk River, Price Co." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card advertising the hemlock barn industry in northern Wisconsin. The card features an elevated view of a tannery. Caption: THE HEMLOCK BARK ... |
| Date: | 07 1897 |
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| Description: | Promotional card depicting the prosperous farming in northern Wisconsin. Caption: "Here is shown a mixed crop of peas and rye, the clover in the foregrou... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card showing the tall oat that grow in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts three men standing in a tall oat field. The caption reads, "THE ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The front (top) and back (bottom) of an advertisement for farm land in northern Wisconsin. This card advertises the abundance of clover crop with an image ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card advertising land in northern Wisconsin. The image on the front of the card shows a man holding up a... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Two men and two women pose outside the home of John Hartman. The caption reads, "This view, taken from the garden, shows the home of John Hartman, near Phi... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card showing the abundance of oats in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts Abe Eaton holding a rake in his tall fields. His hat rests on the s... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card advertising the school house in Rib Lake. The caption reads, "SCHOOL HOUSE, RIB LAKE, TAYLOR COUNTY, WIS. -In all the towns of Price and T... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card displaying John Riemer and a women in front his home.
The caption reads, "Home of John Riemer, 3.75 miles from Stetsonville, Taylor C... |
| Date: | 07 1897 |
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| Description: | A promotional card displaying a man in overalls standing by his large rye crops, near the road. The caption reads, "This view made from a photograph take... |
| Date: | 09 04 1895 |
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| Description: | A promotional card created to promote agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. This piece displays Julius Koehler, a man, and a woman in the flourishing ga... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Advertisement card that reads: "The Kirby. It Mows! It Reaps! It Rakes!" Includes a photograph that has been pasted onto the card of a man using the Kirby. |
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